[Techtalk] Made RAID Mistake?

[Helen Rosseau]

I didn't build my Raids with Mandrake but with different distro's of Suse.  I 
agree with most of what you have said in reference to letting the OS take 
care of the Raid portion.  I did try to use the hardware version and it 
wasn't recognized later by the kernel as a Raid drive.  mdo is what the Raid 
drive is designated as.  

 # more mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md0 : active raid1 hdg1[1] hde1[0]
      39088576 blocks [2/2] [UU]

The Raid how to is very informative, when I used it for the first Raid that I 
built.  With the later kernels and distributions, they have built in, build 
capabilities for Raid.

I hope this helps some.

Helen


On Thursday 09 January 2003 22:34, Brenda Bell wrote:
> Brenda Bell wrote:
> > I need some expert advice:  should I send this stuff back and get
> > something else?  If I should get something else, what should I be
> > looking for?  Or should I slam it (gently :) into an extra box I have to
> > see if I can get it working?
>
> More info... I've been able to determine that the ATA1200A has the
> HPT370 chip and there's substantial evidence on the web that it should
> work.  Based on what I've found so far, it sounds like I need to do this:
>
> Install the card and hook up the two drives.  Don't create the array.
> Install Mandrake.
> Rebuild the kernel to include the ataraid driver (static, not module).
> Power down, load the Adaptec Bios and create my mirror using the copy
> option (e.g., keeps data on primary and makes mirror on secondary).
>
> Does this sound right?  Or have I misunderstood something?  Or is there
> an easier way?
>
>
>
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