* Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010521 23:14]:
> Hello:
>
> I want to purchase two 60 gig IBM 60GXP ATA/100 hard
> drives and a 3ware RAID controller. I will give 30
> gigs to Windows and 90 gigs to Linux.
>
> Is that going to be a problem? Will there be any
> necessary partitioning or parameters to allow Linux to
> see the 90 gigs? Do I need to do anything special to
> install the 3ware controller card? I believe the
> driver for this card is built into the kernel.
The driver is not statically built in, but it is available as a module.
If you have a 3Ware older than the 7000 series, mandrake shuld just
support it. If you are using a 7000 series it's necessary to specify
'Expert' and choose the driver.
A warning: I encountered severe performance problems with mandrake 8.0
and a 3Ware 7000 series kernel. No data loss, but multiple-minute
stalls. Nothing a kernel replacement shouldn't fix though.
-josh
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Joshua Rodman
ASL -- www.aslab.com -- Redefining Linux Performance
