Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 04 Jan 2003 10:52:11 -0800 | From | Randy Broman <> | Subject | RH73 Promise ATA/133 Install Problems |
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I have a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP motherboard which has an on-board Promise 20276 ATA133/RAID controller. I want to install RH73, on the two ATA133 drives connected to the Promise controller. I've set up the motherboard BIOS with the Promise 20276 interfaces as ATA (not RAID), and I want to install on the two drives in a software RAID configuration.
If I start the standard RH73 install it does not identify the two drives connected to the Promise interfaces. I tried installing with the RedHat "Supplemental Drivers" disk/floppy, but it doesn't seem to have a driver for the Promise. I tried installing with the Promise ATA/RAID drivers downloaded from their site, but their drivers seem to support only the "hardware" RAID configuration, not plain drives on which I would set up software RAID.
Anyone know of a solution? In general I believe there are Promise and/or ATA133 drivers included in the kernel, and I could set up a custom drivers disk with those to use in the install, but I don't know how to do that (if that's the solution, instructions or pointers to a howto would be appreciated). Or, there may be an easier way. Advice appreciated.
(BTW I've had enough problems with Promise "hardware" RAID in the past that I prefer to avoid this. Subsequent to the initial install I will do a custom kernel to support some other PCI hardware I want to use in the box, and I've found that upgrading after installing on Promise hardware RAID can be problematical. Given use of software RAID, I am interested in knowing what's the best kernel version or patch to use for stability and performance).
Pls cc me direct as I'm not a list subscriber - Thanx, Randy
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