From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ElHMG-0000Rc-0L for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:54:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBB2rDib005571; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:53:13 GMT Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.166]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBB2iLRl031177 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:44:21 GMT Received: from filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.77]) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D682F358813 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:44:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.166]) by filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.77]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21501-12-93 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:44:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (67-137-46-178.dsl2.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [67.137.46.178]) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82867358365 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.25] (unknown [192.168.1.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7D1154E03 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:44:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <439B9281.8010205@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:44:17 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knoppix Install Method References: <200512101208.50500.drew@mykitchentable.net> <c6d0498834c612c952f9e62f6a6eee6f@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <439B6063.9000307@mykitchentable.net> <439B6906.6020002@podgeweb.com> In-Reply-To: <439B6906.6020002@podgeweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.2 (20050629) at filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net X-Archives-Salt: 415c62e8-265c-4b25-85a4-835d183ed847 X-Archives-Hash: 9cbaf6a70dc3f61c6135abcd7115e476 On 12/10/2005 3:47 PM Shawn Haggett wrote: > Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> On 12/10/2005 1:17 PM Stroller wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 10, 2005, at 5:08 pm, drew@mykitchentable.net wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I have a system on an Abit motherboard with the Nvidia GeForce 4 >>>> chipset. >>>> There are two SATA disks in a hardward stripe configuration using the >>>> controller built in to the motherboard. >>>> ... >>>> I booted the latest Knoppix dated 9/23/05 and see two >>>> icons on the desktop for my drives. One for sda the other for >>>> sdb. I can >>>> not mount either. I assume this is because Knoppix is seeing each >>>> drive >>>> individually instead of the one logical striped drive it is. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm no expert on this, but I believe that many ATA "hardware" RAID >>> arrangements in fact just use their Windoze drivers to do software >>> RAID. I'd do some research via Googling the chipset &/or board's >>> model number if I were you. >> >> >> >> >> I haven't found anything yet but then I haven't looked real hard. >> However I suspect this does not rely on any Windows drivers as the >> controller is managed long before Windows boots. Just after POST and >> before the OS starts, a brief message showing the controller is >> displayed. By pressing F10, I can manage my stripe. Much like I see >> most SCSI cards. >> > Have a look at: > http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/ > I bought an ABit motherboard a while ago with a SIL3114 "raid > controller". While it gives you an option at boot to manage the > drives, all this does is configure the drivers so the software can see > them as a raid set, i.e. it's not true hardware raid. > > Shawn Haggett Thanks for that info. Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list