[CentOS] Turning root partition into a RAIDarray **THEBACKGROUND**

>In the face of all that trouble, I guess my next question would be "Did you
soldier on with the troublesome chipset
> because you had to (for budget or other reasons?) or you just didn't have
the time to source out a dedicated RAID card?  

Mostly timescales - it was a typical 'Director-driven' project where they
havered around for ages and then suddenly wanted it yesterday. All the kit
was already in stock and so...