I want to install Suse 10 x64 to a second partition on my RAID 0. My RAID controller is onborad my mobo (VT8237 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller). I remember being told it was a software raid pretending to be hardware (or something like that). Well WinXp is installed on it fine, but Suse only sees the 2 two drives seperately, not as one.

So I gave in and installed Suse onto a second sata drive I had. During the installation I did receive some kind of warning that Linux did not recognise something about certain types of RAIDs. But as the install went ahead without any other hitch I thought nothing of it. That was until I rebooted the system and was not able to boot into windows. Grub only showed 3 options: Suse 10, Floppy boot, and Suse 10 failsafe.

What can I do to rectify this? I dont want to give up on Linux and I certainly can't afford to buy a hardware RAID controller expansion card.

Boot from CD#1 or DVD.
Custom partition setup.
Setup Raid 0 on the free space of the two drives.

Thanks for your reply. I hadn't thought of that.

OK, so that will allow me to install Linux to the RAID 0 drives. However, it wont sort out the problem with GRUB not listing WinXP as a boot option when the computer is restarted after the Suse install.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Yes, I have heard of problems booting NTFS Raid 0 with Grub.
So, you should use a floppy to install Grub on it.

I'm pretty new to Linux. How would I use a floppy to solve this problem?

Installation of Bootloader: (Preset: MBR=Master Boot Record; Harddisk)
Change place of installation to Floppy.