Problem with sata2 and raid1.

["Erik P. Olsen" <epodata@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have installed two sata 2 drives - each 250 GB - which I want to use in a 
raid1 configuration. My mobo - MSI K8T Neo2 - does not support those sata 
drives, so I have therefore installed a RocketRaid 1720 PCI-card to get the 
necessary hardware support.

The RocketRaid card came with a linux driver for Fedora 7 which I installed and 
with which I have been running raid1 for almost three months. I admit that this 
was an error on my part. The driver only installs with one particular kernel and 
if you want to compile the driver to a different kernel it does not compile and 
the company behind RocketRaid, High Point Technologies, offers no help at all.

I have therefore decided to switch to the software available with Fedora and 
would like to know if the data already located on the disks is accessible to the 
Fedora driver or if I have to reformat the drives and install all the enchilada 
from the beginning? Luckily I have back-up of everything and can recreate all 
data it just takes more time. Another even more important question is will 
Fedora drive the disks through the RocketRaid controller or should I get 
different hardware and if so which?

--
Erik.