A New computer arrived today. What i want do to with it ? use the 2 x 500 GB drives in RAID 1 to have a ubuntu desktop install and vmware, which will contain a windows 2000 install to support old legacy software.
Need help with: RAID and should i 64 bit or not. The Motherboard is a giga-byte GA-P35-DS3P [0] which contains a Intel ICH9R RAID controller, i didn't really know about software RAID when i brought it and thought intel good they support linux and Phoronix [1] gave it 9/10 in a review it all must work Ok i've discovered it's a software raid... and what that means... (poor linux support) The software raid seems horrible, and I'm not sure where to go from now on ? What are my options for getting a RAID1 set up keeping in mind i actually *only* want Ubuntu on this machine ? Is there a linux software raid which is nicer than the one which has to work with windows ? 2nd question will installing 64bit ubuntu make vmware more buggy ? Aside question since every 2nd new motherboard these days ships with "RAID" why is it so hard to set it up on Ubuntu. Gabriel [0] http://www.giga-byte.com.au/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2630 [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=832&num=1 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
