From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PqA8W-00036M-RW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:07:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7610F1C016 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:07:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F2CE07BA for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so2774136wwi.10 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:50:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VvFFcWtypKrlE4CDbQvBVl3czyOF+xwCLoL4UWoAJvM=; b=ZdebEjh56h9/bJqkwDLkM5rn6nST5alxLnnXxI1DuHcYWpqi553hk390Esg/aI9G8L bnD+y/QdvOdNADqSCKAD6dy+AEAmJKqQLyKqv+zjSWBw3Nf90ws/P+7m8q8Q7SappTIQ 6UeP9H0icjPXbTYr2e9gWj9IRkviXFrEw3Nuw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cKXLKflVEtMsoTiJvfwxHXw88rsRNraer8YlruY0ARc6rXJHE1Gt2NLB6btIp1Rhst oLGAkiPCCEi7+J2Ex5MaLaowt2LnEDpRuEu/W0UASy9tZs1LsiLArRwu9SwJ4InXiSnB VEcrxeaJZYAS4VmbJYlaLcEJ4ZE12yvixtGh8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.173.18 with SMTP id u18mr2004356wel.37.1297972228657; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:50:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.89.81 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:50:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:50:28 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dual boot RAID From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: James Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b5a95e6402e74fd71b76f66ef400fc51 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, James wrote: > Hello, > > Recently this link was posted: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software > > I am looking at =C2=A0new systems, and this link > got me thinking. Dual boot linux with Windows7 > all on a Raid (0) array? > > I found a bargain, MSI MS-7596 (760GM-E51) > motherboard. But my only MSI motherboard experience, > left a very bad taste in my mouth from years ago. > BIOS nightmare.... > > Anyway the motherboard doc says it supports > (Sata-II) RAID 0 1 0+1 or JBOD mode > by AMD SB710. > > > This does not sound like a good choice of MOBO > and anyone with any raid/gentoo/ experience > on a MSI motherboard (MS 7596) or such would > be appreciated as to you opinion. > > > I usually specify ASUS, as over the years, > I've had very little trouble. Dual 2T > RAID 0 drives with windows and gentoo > is my goal; and any recommendations > are most welcome. AMD is the only processor > I use.... > > tia, > James I use Asus also. Actually, I'm installing Gentoo on a 2-disk Asus laptop today. (G73JW) Seems pretty nice so far. I've left the original Win 7 installation on the first hard drive, but sized the partition down. I will set it up for dual boot later. For now I change the drive boot order. I boot from the second hard drive leaving the original Windows partitions completely alone, and then have RAID1 on both the drives where Gentoo is installed. I guess the one thing above I'm not clear about is your choice of what appears to be RAID 0? RAID 0 is hardly RAID as there's no redundancy. Lose 1 drive you lose all your data. Also, if you're doing Linux RAID then the MB chipset RAID stuff is immaterial. You're going to do it using mdadm software RAID which then has no impact on what Windows does. Processor choice makes little impact on how Linux RAID works. Faster is better. AMD or Intel is your choice. Good luck, Mark