Windows on (Sata) Raid 0, linux on PATA
i have windows installed on two drives in a raid0 setup..linux doesnt recognize these two drives as a single drives and i instead get
sda sdb and i have another regular IDE drive : hda ive heard that hardware raid on linux is a pain, and i dont really want to mess with the raid0 setup, so i want to install linux on the PATA..my questions are.. 1) i want to install the bootloader on the MBR of the PATA drive..is this ok? 2) what options do i need to set in LILO so that it boots Windows properly...will other=/dev/sda work? if LILO cant do this , can GRUB or any other bootloader successfully boot the raid0 drive? thanks! |
Your setup is software RAID not hardware RAID. To get Linux behave the same as DOS/Windows, you have to use dmraid.
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checking it out now...thanks!
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ok so with dmraid i have to activate a particular raid partition, it will get assigned to /dev/md0 and then i use this in lilo like so:
llo.conf other=/dev/md0 label=windows sorry im a bit nervous about doing this cause its my brothers computer..is this correct? |
I suggest backing up the data if you feel unconfortable.
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ok..pesudo-HW raid is a pain in linux, thanks to the manufacturers...
ok will try your suggestion of using the windows bootloader..thanks! |
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