On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 12:45 -0500, Erick Perez wrote: > An INTEL Server motherboard model SE7501BR2 with an onboard Adaptec > AIC7901 controller (with HostRAID) is not being recognized by CENTOS > 4. > The AIC79xx driver loads correctly, however it does not "see" the fact > that I used the HostRAID onboard software to create a RAID 1 set. > > I went to the INTEL site and only found a driver for RHEL 3.0 and I > was unable to find a driver on the adaptec site. > > The CENTOS4 installer gives me the option to create partitions, raids, etc. > This is not what we want since creating a RAID by software it's > supposed to be more slow that doing it hardware based right? I haven't bench marked it myself, but many other have stated software raid 1 performs very well. The added benefit of not having to worry about another driver is always a plus. You should run some tests against your requirements for your self, you may be surprised. > > Does the CENTOS4 support the AIC7901 with HostRAID or not? > > > Thanks for your comments and suggestions. > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > Erick Perez Ted