Well I guess I'll probably try to get an IDE and scrap the RAID, but I would like to know: why does the NT/W2K boot loader boot off the array just fine? On 7/16/05, Ryan Langseth <ryan.langseth at gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately jeremy is correct Promise FastTrak is nothing more than > some bios hacks, and not better than software raid, maybe even worse. > If you really want your OS on the raid and don't want to have to buy a > true hardware card I suggest installing another (small) harddrive and > putting /boot in it. You may need to custom compile a kernel, I do not > remember from the last time I did had to mess with one of those cards > > -Ryan > > On 7/14/05, Jeremy Rosengren <jeremy at rosengren.org> wrote: > > Kevin Lombardo wrote: > > > > >hello- > > > > > >i am installing FC4 on a Dell Precision 450. this machine contains a > > >(Promise) FastTrak S150 TX2 SATA RAID controller. i have the drives > > >set up as RAID 0. > > > > > >running the FC4 install goes fine, and i specify to install grub on > > >mbr on /dev/sda which is the array. however, when rebooting, grub > > >doesn't even start. > > > > > >i made a grub boot disk and booted to the command shell, and it seems > > >that the hdd's aren't listed, so i am assuming grub can't see them. i > > >typed in root( and then hit tab and no drives were available. > > > > > >i'm not sure why, because the bios should be loaded. if i install > > >another OS on the array, it will boot from the array. > > > > > >is this just a grub issue, or can i not have my kernel on a SATA RAID > > >controller? will another linux bootloader work? > > > > > > > > This thead: > > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-February/013178.html > > seems to indicate that Promise RAID controllers aren't true hardware > > RAID and need a software driver (in the form of a kernel module) in > > order to be used under Linux. grub doesn't have support for non-"true > > hardware" RAID devices, afaik. > > > > -- jeremy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >