RAID tail of woe :(

[Dave S]

On Monday 01 May 2006 20:36, Anders Karlsson wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 20:22 +0100, Anders Karlsson wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > Could you clarify if this is fakeraid or if this is the MD RAID system
> > in the kernel.
> >
> > Whether fakeraid or MD, a hardware RAID controller will not help you
> > read your current RAID setup in any faster or safer manner than a plain
> > IDE controller.
>
> I knew I'd hash that part up. *sigh* If your current raid setup with
> your on-board disks uses fakeraid, you may well not be able to read the
> raid setup with anything other than an identical controller.
> If your current raid setup in MD, then any IDE controller should allow
> you to read your raid setup.
>
> It may be worth googling a bit for supported IDE controllers before you
> make your next purchase. :)
>
> [snip]
>
> HTH,

Hi,

I am using the default breezy raid setup, md (in fact I thought fake raid and 
md were the same - opps). I take what you say about hanging a drive on hda 
and hdg, CDRWs on hdb ... I had not thought of that and it would get round a 
lot of problems - I like it :):):)

Trust me Google is my friend from now on ...

Cheers
Dave