Howto for SIS 180 SATA RAID with Fedora Core 3

[Craig Robinson]

Hi Experts,

I'm new to the world of RAID on Linux, so please bear with me. My config is:

- ASUS P4R800-V mobo, with SIS 180 SATA Raid Controller onboard
- 2 x 80Gb Seagate NCQ SATA Drives

I have just acquired Fedora core 3, and tried to install last night for the first time (my installation method was "graphical"). It didn't seem to detect my RAID setup, although I could see my 2 SATA drives as /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. I understand that the 2.6 Kernel available with FC3 supports SIS 180 hardware RAID, but I am assuming that I can't do a simple "graphical" install and I must do something fancy (like 'linux noprobe' at the prompt and then supplying a driver disk like the Promise RAID controller). Has anyone had any experience with this combination? Any help/direction would be appreciated.

Much thanks in advance.

Cheers, Craig

Craig Robinson 



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