[Westwales] Windows 1: Linux 0

[Phil Bettinson]

And Back to the original point (hidden somewhere in a lot of 
grumbling.... =) )

SATA And RAID.

Steve Caddy wrote:
 >
 >
 > As David says, it's possible that windows and linux will handle 
software RAID differently, and possibly incompatibly. Further, you're 
shrinking the partitions down to 20G or so, which makes a nonsense of 
using RAID to generate a logical 500G drive.
 >
 > Maybe you need to consider why you are using RAID (and the possible 
risks involved with that - 2 disc RAID arrays rarely make sense), and 
why you're splitting the disc up as you describe.


If you did happen to want mirroring onto the second disk, remember that 
with some versions of linux (definately with Fedora), you get software 
RAID. This will allow you to use linux to mirror a partition over onto 
your other disk (eg home, or, if you like, all of it).

My work box had the same problem. The "onboard" Sata RAID was only 
accessible through windows-only drivers, so in the end I simply created 
some software raid to mirror my system over the two drives.

I note you've solved the problem, but I thought I'd wade even, even if I 
was late.

~Phil

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