RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Stewart
Hi Lyvim, > > > > p.s. I told Lyvim I'd see if DiskDrake would check if the disk on the > > Highpoint controller showed up if it were already partitioned. > The answer, > > sadly, is still, No. > > It may be that our only shot here will be LM90. I'm getting a board > soon that has the latest Hig

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 14:49, Mark Stewart wrote: . If so, you have a total of 4 ide channels > > (up to 8 ide drives!!!) what means you can connect the cdrom in one > > channel and still can put 3 more ide drives in 3 independent ide > > channels!! > > Exactly my plan. The feeling of power is ov

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-06 Thread Mark Stewart
Hi, > I'm not 'guru' or 'core-unix/hardware' so I may be wrong... anyway, I > also have a raid HPT372 motherboard so I did my searching and found out: > > 1) I think have seen HPT372 is 'reported' to be supported on kernel > 2.4.19. Mandrake 8.2 comes with 2.4.18 by default, so you'll need to > u

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-05 Thread ddc_prueba
I'm not 'guru' or 'core-unix/hardware' so I may be wrong... anyway, I also have a raid HPT372 motherboard so I did my searching and found out: 1) I think have seen HPT372 is 'reported' to be supported on kernel 2.4.19. Mandrake 8.2 comes with 2.4.18 by default, so you'll need to update or patch t

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-05 Thread Mark Stewart
> > > > > > Synopsis: Slaving the Cdrom should be OK. > > > > > > > That makes sense as I recall civileme describing a quite > elaborate soft RAID > > setup on a board with only 2 IDE channels. > > > > But am I remembering correctly that having a slower device (my CDROM is > > ATA33 while the di

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-05 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 11:39, Mark Stewart wrote: > Hi Lyvim, > > > Synopsis: Slaving the Cdrom should be OK. > > > > That makes sense as I recall civileme describing a quite elaborate soft RAID > setup on a board with only 2 IDE channels. > > But am I remembering correctly that having a slowe

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-05 Thread Mark Stewart
Hi Lyvim, > > I've got a mainboard equipped with a Highpoint 372 IDE RAID > controller that > > I'd like to use simply as an extra IDE controller (i.e. not > hardware RAID.) > > If I can get this to work I plan on creating a soft RAID setup > between it > > and a (non-boot) partition on my primar

RE: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-05 Thread Mark Stewart
Hi Robert, > -Original Message- > From: Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Stewart > Subject: Re: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller > > Mandrakesoft have publicly

Re: [expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 14:51, Mark Stewart wrote: > Hey all, > > I've got a mainboard equipped with a Highpoint 372 IDE RAID controller that > I'd like to use simply as an extra IDE controller (i.e. not hardware RAID.) > If I can get this to work I plan on creating a soft RAID setup between it > a

[expert] using Highpoint RAID as regular IDE controller

2002-09-04 Thread Mark Stewart
Hey all, I've got a mainboard equipped with a Highpoint 372 IDE RAID controller that I'd like to use simply as an extra IDE controller (i.e. not hardware RAID.) If I can get this to work I plan on creating a soft RAID setup between it and a (non-boot) partition on my primary controller. I had con