fc12 installer fails with Gigabyte GA-EP45 SATA RAID 1

[Chris Mugdan]

Hi Suvayu,

Thanks for that. You are right that it is not true RAID, but it worked
with fc8 and fc11 and I expected it to work with fc12 too. I have looked
briefly at software RAID but did not pursue it. I shall look at it again
when I have a moment but in the mean time, if there is a solution for
the "RAID" controller I have it would be good.

Cheers,
Chris

On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 22:28 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 January 2010 01:33 PM, Chris Mugdan wrote:
> > I am trying to install fc12 i386 on a PC based on the Gigabyte
> > GA-EP45-UD3L motherboard with SATA RAID. It is an Intel chipset. I am
> > using RAID 1 (mirror).
> 
> I believe the RAID controllers in these boards are not true hardware 
> RAID. They are called fake RAID or BIOS RAID, which is a form of 
> software RAID. Under these circumstances wouldn't it be better if you 
> were to use software RAID built into linux? Try `man mdadm' for more 
> details.
> 
> I believe the only situation these RAID controllers are worth the 
> trouble is when you have a dual boot system where the "other OS" doesn't 
> recognize Linux software RAID *cough M$ cough* .
> 
> > Regards,
> > Chris Mugdan
> >
> 
> HTH
> -- 
> Suvayu
> 
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
> 
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