Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:14:14 -0400, S Scharf wrote: > > (...) > >> 2) The Motherboard has Intel Raid support. If I enable the motherboard >> Raid, the installer does not see the raid disk. (for that matter neither >> does my systemrescuecd, but a Ubuntu 11.4 live boot can see it). What do >> I have to do to make this useable? > > I would seriously reconsider that setup unless you really *really* need > it (that is, unless you have to dual boot with windows + RAID). > > Linux software raid (md) is a more safe approach than using the BIOS > fakeraid facility (dm).
Yeah, by all means, do *not* use onboard RAID controllers! What if your board fails and you can't get a replacement that is *guaranteed* to be compatible? Nobody is going to sign such a warrant and to reimburse you for your loss of data. A few weeks ago, my mainboard failed and I had to replace it with another model which I was lucky to get quickly. If I had used the onboard RAID, I'd /at least/ be screwed for a couple weeks until the broken board is replaced under warranty. There's no way I could wait that long. Besides, I'm pretty sure that the onboard RAID stuff couldn't even handle the RAID-1 of two disks and the RAID-5 of three disks I have. -- html messages are obsolete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o2zz175....@yun.yagibdah.de
