Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:10:22 +0200 (CEST) | From | Igmar Palsenberg <> | Subject | Re: my fileserver kernel |
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, david wrote:
> i have a file server runing linux-2.2.15 (which work fine ) > PIII 133 / 600EB 192 MB RAM > ASUS P3V4X VIA Apollo Pro133A Mainboard > 77.5 GB Harddrives / 4 hard drives 160 MBs (cache) / 28 MBs ( real from > disk ) > 4 100 Mbs eth's ( need load bel) > 1 SCSI AHA-294X (80 MBs) (need to TCP/IP over this chanel) ( > also if any one has the datasheet for this chip please!! send it to me > thank you) > 2 IDE ports (VIA VT82C586 rev 10 IDE ) > 2 IDE ports ( PROMISE PDC20262 ) udma-66 > > i have found that the via ide port do not raid ( thay can not work at > the same time) > but the promise can
Promise RAID it totaal bullshit. It's a dual ULTRA66 controller with some piece of software that does RAID.
The Promise does NOT do hardware RAID. I dumped the Promise card, end went on software RAID on the controllers ob-board.
> 2 drives raid0 sould give me ( 160 MBS / 56 MBS (real))
Not with IDE.
> the 2.2.x dose not have udma-66 drivers for the pdc20262
Get the IDE patch from Andre (/pub/kernel/people/andre) Also get the RAID patch from Ingo Molnar (God forgive me if I spell this wrong)
> so i need 2.3.x or 2.4.x kernel witch will run on this system i have > been using 2.2.15 > cau its stable but now have to use 2.3.x / 2.4.0 to use my hardwear so > can someone > tell me witch 2.3.x / 2.4.x kernel is the most stable (no probs whit > ext2 filesystem and no data coreruption)
This machine runs software RAID1 on 2.2.16
> Thank you. > > David <sector2@ihug.co.nz> >
Igmar
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