Hi Lennart and Hugo, so what you 2 are saying is that bsically a Sil3114 is as good or bad as any other software raid with the exception that it can start a boot process while on the other hand being proprietory ??
If I create a Software raid with f.e. Debian and I decide to Dual boot into Mandrake, Suse ... whatever should that work ? Best regards Nils Valentin On Monday 25 October 2004 01:58, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 12:04:48AM +0900, Nils Valentin wrote: > > just read your reply once more. Just for the records: Iam looking for > > hardware raid. I already ahev Suse Linux up and running and actually just > > want debian to be able to access the drives the same way (after the > > reboot). That is (without the hardware raid) basically a typical dual > > boot setup. > > > > Shouldnt there be a Driver for the Sil3114 Controller ? I know that Tyan > > makes the drivers for Suse and Redhat. I was hoping that perhaps a nice > > driver developer is reading this and spend a few hours of devoted > > motivation to get this done ;-) > > > > Best regards > > A SiS3114 is NOT hardware raid. It is software, just secret proprietary > software. If you want hardware raid with open source drivers, you have > to get a 3ware card or a scsi raid card. Those are the only choices at > the moment. Other hardware ide/sata raid cards exist, but not with open > source drivers that I am aware off. > > Lennart Sorensen -- kind regards Nils Valentin Tokyo/Japan http://www.be-known-online.com/mysql/