Re: Trying to get the RedHat OS to see the raid drive

["James Marcinek" <jmarc1 jemconsult biz>]

You need to configure your devices in the /etc/raidtab. You can do a man
on raidtab. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what else is required...

James

> I am trying to configure a raid 5 array on a Redhat 9.0 operating system.
> I am using an adaptec ata raid 2400A controller with 4 200GB drives. The
> controller driver has been installed, the BIOS can see the raid drive but
> the OS cannot detect it. I am
> very new to linux and dont know what to do next.
>
> I have a couple of questions I need to be answered.
>
> 1) Should I format the drive, partition, and then mount it?
>
> 2) I tried using fdisk and cfdisk to partiion it but the drive was not
> identified. What do I do?
>
> The OS boots from a separate IDE drive which is working properly.
>
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