IBM xSeries 206 SATA HOSTRAID doesn't work with FC3

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 19.11.2004 schrieb Marco Fischer um 1:30:

> I tried to install FC3 on an IBM xSeries 206 Server with two SATA harddisks
> configured as RAID 1. There is one logical volume which covers the whole
> capacity. The setup does not recognize the logical raid volume, IT RECOVERS
> THE SINGLE HARDDISKS.

This is as it is "fake" RAID, or like IBM calls it "Entry-level software
RAID via system SATA controller, embedded in system BIOS".

> I think, the Kernel has not the right modules for this controller. I think
> the module is "AAICH". There are disk-images with a driver module on the IBM
> website, but only for SuSE 9.0, RH 9.0 and RH Enterprise Linuxes.

Others know that situation too, where no open source drivers exist.

> I don't want such crap on my linux box! I want FC3!

What is "crap"? RHEL? (Btw. that is some kind of little child
behaviour.)

> Is there anybody which runs a 206 with a raid under FC?

> Best regards Marco

Alexander


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