Re: [Sheflug] Linux & RAID

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(you're likely to get flamed to Bognor for posting in HTML, my
commiserations in advance :P )

On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 19:11, Netsonic wrote:
> I did post a message a few days ago about accessing an NTFS file
> system through Redhat.

Slightly dangerous :)

> The problem, as I later discovered is not mounting the NTFS system,
> but the fact it was located on a Promise RAID controller. The promise
> site has no downloads and everything Ive found on the subject is along
> the lines of Promise not releasing the code for a decent driver to be
> developed.

Promise will never be supported fully under Linux, unless Promise sort
themselves out. The guy who would develop the driver would have to sign
Satan's own NDA to get specs out of them, and he has more sense than
that. If you want to run Linux, don't buy Promise, essentially.
Hopefully that message will make them change their mind!

> Anyway, to cut a long story short, I now have a brand spanking
> Hightpoint RocketRAID 404 raid card. The performance is fab, and its 4
> channels ie upto 8 devices.

Coolio. Let me know how it goes, I'm interested in your experiences with
it.
 
> I know BIOS' are not normally tied to a particular OS as such, but I'm
> reluctant to update it until I know a little more of it.

I have no experience of the card, but I would say if it's working now,
and you care about the data on it, don't bother upgrading. At least
unless you have a) the version of the BIOS you are currently on, or b)
an excellent set of backups :)

Cheers,

Alex.


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