Linux on Raid 0 ever?

bkz81 · 07-24-2010, 09:30 PM

Hello all. I am trying to find out if there will be any linux distro's that will detect raid properly and let you install Linux on it? I have two 64bit Raid 0 PC's that i would like to put Linux on. I have tired Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu and on and on with no luck. Note i am still a Linux newbie. I do have Vector Linux on two older machines that don't have raid on them.

PC1
ASUS Rampage II
Core i7 965
GTX280 SLI
12GB RAM

PC2
A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD64X2 4200
7800GTX SLI
4GB RAM

vikas027 · 07-24-2010, 10:16 PM

Could you please post what problems are you facing (errors, snapshots, e.t.c.) ?

bkz81 · 07-25-2010, 12:37 PM

Thanks for the reply back on this. Here are a couple of pic's from my installation troubles. I am not even sure if i am even partitioning it right. I am trying to install the latest Ubuntu x64 on PC2 from my first post. I have a 500gb raid 0 on this PC and have no problem with it only being a Linux box.

http://a.imageshack.us/img693/5985/sdc11795.jpg

http://yfrog.com/ngsdc11800j

http://yfrog.com/nfsdc11801j

jefro · 07-25-2010, 03:25 PM

We would need to know the raid controller. Is it a true hardware raid or is it a firmware or faux raid controller. Does it have a bios that you can access from boot to create the array? Does it need drivers for windows?

bkz81 · 07-25-2010, 03:40 PM

Thanks for the reply. The raid controller is the Silicon Image 3132 onboard the A8N32-SLI Deluxe nforce4 SLI X16. For XP it does need drivers but Windows 7 picks them up automatically. If i hit "control I" I can create and delete the raid setup and that's about it. Not sure what cauterizes as fake raid, and or true hardware raid.