If I'm not mistaken (and there's every possibility that I am), setting up a RAID using a single internal bus with two IDE drives is not going to yield much in the way of a speed improvement, if that's your goal. If you have some other goal, then maybe it'll work. It seems that the only way to get a really significant performance boost via RAID is to get an internal wide/fast SCSI PCI card and a couple of fast SCSI drives. John
On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 11:55AM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Al D'Amanda wrote: >>> Hello All >>> >>> Maybe someone can help me , saving me a call to Apple tech Support >>> >>> I have two drives on the ATA66 bus ( configured master & slave -both >>> mount OK and can bootup on one-so all is "well") >>> >>> When I select the RAID pull down menu in Disk Utility, all the fields >>> are greyed out with the slashed Red wheel displayed. Cannot drag >>> volumes into the Window .Like Apple's way of saying " go take a hike!" >>> >>> Apple Finder help says I can do a RAID setup >>> >>> Any ideas on this"problem?" > >You cannot include the current boot volume in a RAID. > >Since creating the raid involves reformatting the drives, you can only >use non-boot drives. > >The drives also have to be a single partition each, and I think you need >to make sure you're dragging the *drives* to the RAID widow, not the >volumes (You need to be one step up opn the volume tree.) > >-- >Bruce Johnson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
