Help with Raid

linedpaper · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:25 am Post subject: Help with Raid

I have a Highpoint hpt372 onboard raid controller. I have a single raid 0 array with two 80gb's and then a stand alone 60gb that is connected to the controller, yet not on a raid. I can see all drives booting off the live cd. I can make changes to the 60gb, but I can't touch the raid drives. I could repartition them all up but that would ruin my array. It is 160gb and i have 100gb that already has windows on it. The remaing 60 is for gentoo. /dev/ataraid isn't there so what should I do?

Thanks,
Tim

linedpaper · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:42 am Post subject:

Bump....

Well I've been looking around and haven't found anybody with this working. Seems it works, just not when configured for Raid....so what is a decent cheap ide raid controller. Just want to run raid 0...also want it to be pretty simple setting up in linux. I am going to be running linux and windows on these...suggestions please...Promise?

Thanks

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:05 am Post subject:

If you don't mind using a 2.4.x kernel, then the /dev/ataraid driver is still available for running Linux from a Windows compatible array.

The native Linux way of doing RAID involves disabling RAID in the BIOS, and using the /dev/md driver in the kernel. Of course, doing this will delete Windows in the process.

linedpaper · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:51 am Post subject:

Deleting windows is not a huge deal as it is a fresh install. I would prefer to keep using my onboard highpoint raid so I don't have to spend more money. What gentoo cd should I boot off of then? I boot off of 2004.2 and it picks up the controller, just not the raid. If I can go to 2.6 kernel it would be prefered. I don't mind killing windows and starting from scratch. I just want a raid 0 with my two 80's that I can install both windows and linux on. It doesn't really matter in what order or anything.

Thanks,
Tim

linedpaper · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

I grabbed an old promise controller from work. I could use it, but would still prefer to stay with my onboard. I have read a lot about people claiming that highpoint is pretty unstable, is this what they are referring to?

silentbob · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 159 Location: UK

linedpaper · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:04 am Post subject:

I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work for windows...I don't see why there is such a big problem with the hardware raid though...it recognizes the raid controller and the drives on it, it makes no sense to me that it isn't working because it finds the drives and such...

cyrillic · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: