[CentOS] centos 5.5 install + intel raid

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:36 PM,  <aurfalien at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Installing 5.5 on a fresh system having an Intel RAID.
>
> My 2 drives are configured as a mirror within the Intel BIOS.

"Intel RAID" covers a lot of sins. Some RAID cards rely on OS software
to do much of the RAID: they're jokes, really. If it's a real RAID
chipset, no Linux or Windows kernel should even be *AWARE* of the
multiple disks, except perhaps for some limited reporting tools.

Exactly which chipset are you dealing with? On what kind of machine.

> When starting my install, Anaconda throws an exception.
>
> After a brief goog, I see one possible fix is - at the install prompt,
> type;
>
> linux text nodmraid
>
> This is fine and all but Centos sees 2 disks at this point rather then
> 1 which is what I thought the Intel RAID controller would present to
> the OS.
>
> I am pretty much tarded when it comes to installs as I usually boot of
> a DVD, enter some choices based on requirements and off I go.
>
> I once compiled a network driver into the initrd and remade my boot
> disk but that seems beyond me now.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> - aurf
>
>
>
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