Peter- Build the array in the 3ware bios. Reboot and reinstall onto the array. The 7xxx and 8xxx series cards just work with CentOS. They are treated a scsi disk. Sean On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 13:45 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > Sean and Peter - > > If I was reading the correct specs, they said Linux up to RH 9. It is > compatible with Centos/RHEL? > > I may go with the 2-port version and just RAID two-80 GB drives and > keep my 2-30 GB drives as extra storage. > > *** Can I pre install Centos on one of my 80 GB drives and after the > controller arrives, plug the 2-80 GB drives into it and then mirror > the drive? > > Todd > > Sean O'Connell wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 13:08 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > > > > > I have not used RAID controller boards to date since I have relied on > > > the built in RAID on the motherboards. Thanks to the informative > > > message Byron, I realize the deficiencies of doing RAID 1 this way, > > > especially now that the builtin is out of date with Kernel used by > > > Centos. > > > > > > I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that > > > I need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the > > > 7506-4LP...correct? > > > > > > Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos? > > > > > > > Todd- > > > > The installation will recognize the 3ware card and the arrays that you > > build on it (you do this in the card bios Alt+3 at boot). As Peter said, > > you'll want to make sure the card is using the latest firmware (you'll > > need a dos boot disk and a floppy with the firmware utility on it, comes > > as a zip file from the 3Ware site) -- iirc, the latest version is 7.7.1 > > for 7xxx and 8xxx cards. You also probably want to get run the 3dmd > > utility as it will notify you about failed disks and other issues by > > email and can do background media checks... very nice. > > > > Sean > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > -- > Ariste Software > 200 D Street Ext > Petaluma, CA 94952 > (707) 773-4523 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Sean O'Connell Office of Engineering Computing oconnell at soe.ucsd.edu Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD 858.534.9716 (49716)