Michael Schurter wrote: > listrcv wrote: > > Michael Schurter wrote: > > > >>>> The drives were setup on an old motherboard that died, and I can't > >>>> seem to find a way to get the crappy Windows SATA RAID utility to > >>>> recognize the drives as an existing RAID array. > >>> > >>> > >>> Your screwed unless you can find a board that has the same IDE > >>> controller on it > >> > >> Actually, I found a great Ubuntu forum on the topic, and the command > >> "dmraid -ay" autodetected the RAID without problems. Quite > >> impressive! I was able to copy files off of the RAID and then I'm
> >> going to set it back up in Windows so both Windows and Linux can see it. > > > > Huh? How does that work? Did you set it up as Windoze software RAID on > > the old board (independant of the controller on that board), and Ubuntu > > features access to such a RAID? > > Windows requires software to see the RAID, however I'm not sure if it > was a software RAID. Sorry for lack of detail, but its a point on which > I'm still unclear myself. > > I do know there's a very simple RAID setup screen you can access after > BIOS during boot, so the motherboard has some innate RAID capabilities. > Obviously I'm not an expert in the ways of RAID arrays. :) All I > know is the result was pretty miraculous. > > Michael Schurter I'd like to just post some general info about what I've found out about 'dmraid' (Device-Mapper RAID); http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man8/dmraid.8.php and a very detailed and current link; "Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets Linux support status" (Revised: Mon Mar 13 10:09:21 PST 2006) http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html Also - from what I know about Windoze XP and RAID; XP requires you to "Press F6 to load any 3rd party SCSI/RAID [SATA] Drivers" during the very beginning of the Installation/Setup process. This is usually done using a Floppy disk, but one can also 'slipstream' the whole installation, including drivers for SATA/RAID/SCSI controllers. Besides the fact that many Mobo Onboard RAID Controllers utilize and purport to be "hardware' RAID, and while they do utilize a Chip (either part of the Chipset, or a Separate 3rd Party Chip) - they are usually "software' based and run (emulated in a sense). I *guess* similar to what Winmodems do/did. Negating that circumstance - there's also windoze so-called "Dynamic Disks", which ranges from using DynamicDisks as a LVM, to creating softRAID arrays - but which have many limitations as far as creating/breaking, setting up, reverting back to "Basic Disk" ...not to mention that I *think* one needs to use a *Server Based* Windoze installation (Win2K or Win2K3), just to set up a software RAID using XP. Regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
