Fedora 9 Boot Problem

[Seann Clark]

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>> I have to define, kt7-RAID, which I own a board with that on it, is 
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> i bow to your knowledge as an owner.
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> raid was not a feature that caused me to buy board, but did help. i need a
> faster board and wanted amd. cpu and board were a 'put together' deal and
> price was very good at time.
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>> software assisted RAID. It does handle RAID in hardware, yes, but the 
>> RAID itself does not boot off BIOS, allowing hardware control that isn't 
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> if ide1,2 are non raid, can ide3,4 be used as true raid under linux after
> linux install?
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under linux, with the HP370 driver loaded into the kernel, it will work 
as a RAID that isn't managed or taxing the CPU. The HP controller will 
take care of all mirroring and striping aspects leaving the CPU free to 
do whatever else. So in a nutshell, yes it will look, for the most part 
like a real RAID. The differences are that you actually boot off one of 
the two-four disks off the HP370 controller and then loads linux and the 
driver then loads the RAID then boots normally. It is a lot like Linux's 
RAID, in that respects, save for the CPU saving ability.
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>> Sorry about the sort of Rant but the board is designed for Windows with 
>> linux as an afterthought.
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> no problem. some rants, as your, are beneficial to knowledge. for this
> i thank you.
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>> Other than that it is a great board.
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> i was enjoying mine before it went down. when i have time, i will runs
> some checks thru power reg section to see it that is where it died. if
> other than that, maybe a new mainboard for chip.
It is a good board, but rather on the cheap side (I got mine for 50 
bucks from what I remember in 2001) and I haven't seen any problems with it.

~Seann
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