[CentOS] Re: asrock 775 dual-vsta mb and linux with sata raid

Sun Feb 11 07:38:52 UTC 2007
Mel <mel at laamail.com>

Sam Giraffe wrote:
> Northbrdige via pt880 pro/ultra chipset
> Southbridge via vt8237a

Hi,

I have been going through similar problems with a different ASRock MB.

Other posters have said the ASRock BIOS is special.  Based on my 
experience this must be true. I have been unable to get this MB to 
support RAID. I have finally given up.

What I did find was that I could get the drives to appear as independent 
drives. I installed them as 2 drives. I plan on using rsync to keep them 
identical.

The only way I could do this was to use the "nodmraid" kernel option 
when I booted to do the installation.

I tried contacting ASRock and found their support was useless. They only 
recommended using the chip manufacturer's driver (something I had 
already tried). I replied that it didn't work and they stopped 
communicating. I will not use any more ASRock products!