> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: den 6 december 2013 08:32 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Third-party SATA-RAID cards suggestions > > > I see several of you guys say that the Megaraid as well as the LSI-card > > should > > work out of the box with CentOS. > > My understanding is that the necessary driver modules are already built > > into > > the kernel. > > Am I assuming this correctly that the card should therefore be seen at > > install > > with no tweaking? > > you have to configure a megaraid card so it knows what to do with your > disks, either create a raid or multiple raids, or configure it for > all-disks-as-jbod. this /can/ be done with the bios, but its really > annoying to use, I generally put a copy of megacli on a USB stick and > boot my installation media with 'single' to run it, otherwise the linux > kernel doesn't see them. BIOS... Now when you mention it, I didn't see any message on the screen at POST from the raid-card. Don't cards like these usually throw a message about setup, raid status, found harddrives etc during POST. This one didn't. -- //Sorin