Re: SATA RAID ( ICH5R / Adaptec 1210SA) + RHEL4 ?

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan infradead org>]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 17:29 -0400, Radu Brumariu wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a machine with 2 RAID controllers ( 1 ICH5R - onboard, and add-on 
> card Adaptec 1210SA) .I also have 2 drives that I want to build a RAID 0 
> with.
> I tried this on both controllers :
>     1. connect the drives to controller
>     2. configure the controller in RAID 0
>     3. boot off CD and start the RHEL4 installation
> 
> At this point , when it comes down to partition drives, it complains 
> that the drives have no partition information and asks to initialize 
> them . Basically it doesn't see 1 drive ( the logical RAID 0 ) , but 2.
> 
> I know that both controllers are software raid, but how can I make this 
> work ? Any pointers, suggestions are appreciated :)

you either need to use software raid, or, post install, the dmraid
program.