On 11/23/2016 2:42 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > Many modern Intel systems come configured for an Intel "RAID" mode. > While configured for that mode, the SATA controller changes its PCI ID > so that the standard Windows drivers don't bind to it, allowing the > Intel RAID drivers to bind to it instead. There are no Linux drivers > that bind to the "RAID" mode PCI ID, though if you switch the > controller to "standard" mode, Linux drivers will work normally. > > https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html?thread=1749398 I thought the mdraid software raid drivers supported the intel RST (formerly Matrix) fake raid ? the major difference is, with RST/Matrix, the whole disk has to be mirrored then partitioned, while mdraid normally does mirroring on a per partition basis. the other difference is the raid metadata block, but I thought mdraid understood how to interpret the intel RST/Matrix stuff ? -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz