[CentOS] CentOS 6 x86_64 can't detect raid 10

Thu Dec 29 23:46:53 UTC 2011
Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>

Am 30.12.2011 00:41, schrieb David:
> Dear All,
> 
> I just got a new server with the following specifications:
> motherboard : Intel S5500BC
> CPU         : Xeon Quad Core 2.6Ghz
> RAM         : 8GB
> HDD         : 4 x 2TB SATA with configured raid 10 using raid embedded 
> server.
> 
> The problem is the centos installer can't detect raid virtual disk. I 
> can't find any log error with the following error messages during 
> installation process:
> 
> Disks sda, sdb, sdc, sdd contain BIOS RAID metadata but are not part of 
> any recognized BIOS RAID sets.
> 
> I'm already use search engine to find the information regarding to this 
> issue, but I can't find the solutions for CentOS.
> 
> Thanks in advance

Simply Intel fake RAID. See

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/server-board-s5500bc-family-brief.html

Either get a real RAID controller which does hardware RAID or use
CentOS's software raid function.

Regards

Alexander