On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:33:14 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:14:14 -0400, S Scharf wrote: >>> >>> 2) The Motherboard has Intel Raid support. If I enable the motherboard >>> Raid, the installer does not see the raid disk. (for that matter >>> neither does my systemrescuecd, but a Ubuntu 11.4 live boot can see >>> it). What do I have to do to make this useable? >> >> I would seriously reconsider that setup unless you really *really* need >> it (that is, unless you have to dual boot with windows + RAID). >> >> Linux software raid (md) is a more safe approach than using the BIOS >> fakeraid facility (dm). > > This may or may not convince you that dmraid's OK: you can manage dmraid > volumes with mdadm.
I don't fear dmarid but manufacturer's BIOSes that can make use non- standard ways of handling hard disk controller data. You know, they don't provide open specs for devels can develop stable tools, so I would prefer to stick to mdraid and AHCI or SATA mode that are well-known. I don't like to play "russian roulette" with my data. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.06.16.51...@gmail.com
