Installing Fedora Core 12 on a system with a IT8212 SATA Controller

[Iain Davis]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> It does. One thing worth noting is that the chip has two modes. In the
> RAID mode it doesn't support CD-ROM devices but handles basic raid stuff
> itself via its embedded microcontroller. In non-RAID mode it behaves
> exactly like a standard IDE controller. Both modes are supported. RAID 0
> is generally best done using software RAID in Linux, RAID 1 there are
> advantages to doing it either way. Some of the RAID firmwares are a bit
> flakey so if you get a problem boot it with the device in non-RAID mode.
> (if the BIOS won't let you set it then try 'pata_it821x.noraid=1' as a
> boot option.

Hmm. I have a belief that I'm not operating the controller in a RAID
mode, but I will double check. If I don't get anywhere in that
direction, I'll try the boot option you've suggested.

Thanks for your help. :)