On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 19:28 -0700, nate wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > To make things as clear as I can this is a DELL XPS Gen 2 Series a 32 > > bit machine using an i386 Centos OS 5.2 that was automatically upgraded > > to 5.3 by yum. > > As another poster noted, in this case you should disable the RAID in > the bios and keep it off. If you want RAID then use software raid in > linux, or get a real RAID controller, I suggest 3Ware myself but there > are other options available as well. > > nate > > > _______________________________________________ Nate, Thanks for your help. Guess this machine does not have a real RAID controller. Appreciate your advise! Greg