Hi all,
I´m trying to create a RAID1 on a machine. I´ve already configurated BIOS (mother board, Intel, S500VSA SATA) so as to build RAID1 via hardware. However on CentOS Installer, when I reach "disk setup" screen, it shows up 2 devices (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb).
Is this right (both devices being showed)?
How should I proceed on this moment? If I create the partitions on sda, sdb will be identical?? There is no away to assure this on the installation, so that the doubt came to my mind...
thanks in advance, Patricia __________________________________________________ Fale com seus amigos de graça com o novo Yahoo! Messenger http://br.messenger.yahoo.com/
Patricia Bittencourt spake the following on 1/30/2007 8:27 AM:
Hi all,
I´m trying to create a RAID1 on a machine. I´ve already
configurated BIOS (mother board, Intel, S500VSA SATA) so as to build RAID1 via hardware. However on CentOS Installer, when I reach "disk setup" screen, it shows up 2 devices (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb).
Is this right (both devices being showed)? How should I proceed on this moment? If I create the partitions
on sda, sdb will be identical?? There is no away to assure this on the installation, so that the doubt came to my mind...
thanks in advance, Patricia
It sounds as though your boards raid is "fakeraid". http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
Linux will see the base controller, as the raid is not true hardware raid. Look at the software-raid FAQ for more details. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
turn off the bios raid and use md to do the software raid because that's all you are doing. remove the vendors fake raid drivers from the process and enjoy a good raid experience..:)
Patricia Bittencourt wrote:
Hi all,
I´m trying to create a RAID1 on a machine. I´ve already
configurated BIOS (mother board, Intel, S500VSA SATA) so as to build RAID1 via hardware. However on CentOS Installer, when I reach "disk setup" screen, it shows up 2 devices (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb).
Is this right (both devices being showed)? How should I proceed on this moment? If I create the partitions
on sda, sdb will be identical?? There is no away to assure this on the installation, so that the doubt came to my mind...
thanks in advance, Patricia
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