ICH8/ESB2 Hardware RAID support on "testing"
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain on 14 Nov 2006 05:19 On 2006-11-14, patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski <patpro(a)boleskine.patpro.net> wrote: > > On a brand new server I have an ICH8/ESB2 chipset onboard. It features > RAID 0,1,10,5 capability. Unfortunately, if a create a RAID volume into > the chipset BIOS, this RAID volume remains unseen from the "testing" > install CD, and the installer will see all 4 HD like there is no RAID at > all. > The server BIOS allows me to load either Intel code or Adaptec code to > build my RAID, but none of them works with "testing". > > Is there any way to workaround this and to make a RAID volume usable by > the debian installer ? Any idea is welcome. http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html#ich Use Linux's software RAID -- you'll get better performance and reliability than any BIOS based software RAID. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
From: patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski on 14 Nov 2006 05:28 In article <slrnelj61u.mqh.jlb17(a)chaos.egr.duke.edu>, Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17(a)begone.spam.duke.edu> wrote: > On 2006-11-14, patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski <patpro(a)boleskine.patpro.net> > wrote: > > > > On a brand new server I have an ICH8/ESB2 chipset onboard. It features > > RAID 0,1,10,5 capability. Unfortunately, if a create a RAID volume into > > the chipset BIOS, this RAID volume remains unseen from the "testing" > > install CD, and the installer will see all 4 HD like there is no RAID at > > all. > > The server BIOS allows me to load either Intel code or Adaptec code to > > build my RAID, but none of them works with "testing". > > > > Is there any way to workaround this and to make a RAID volume usable by > > the debian installer ? Any idea is welcome. > > http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html#ich > > Use Linux's software RAID -- you'll get better performance and reliability > than any BIOS based software RAID. ok, thank you for the information (I'm both new to ich8/esb2 and to debian). Unfortunately, software hardware is not available on the Debian AMD64 'testing' install CD. See my post <patpro-AA5E84.10393114112006(a)localhost> for details about my problem with software raid. regards, patpro -- http://www.patpro.net/
From: joseph2k on 24 Nov 2006 14:56 patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski wrote: > Hi, > > On a brand new server I have an ICH8/ESB2 chipset onboard. It features > RAID 0,1,10,5 capability. Unfortunately, if a create a RAID volume into > the chipset BIOS, this RAID volume remains unseen from the "testing" > install CD, and the installer will see all 4 HD like there is no RAID at > all. > The server BIOS allows me to load either Intel code or Adaptec code to > build my RAID, but none of them works with "testing". > > Is there any way to workaround this and to make a RAID volume usable by > the debian installer ? Any idea is welcome. > > the server: > <http://supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015P-TR.cfm> > dmesg output: <http://patpro.net/~patpro/dmesg.txt> > > thanks, > > patpro > I do suspect you mean EM64T instead of AMD64. There are very slight differences in the instruction sets. EM64T would match ICH8 as both are Intel. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller
From: patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski on 27 Nov 2006 02:46
In article <88I9h.9754$yE6.381(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > patpro ~ Patrick Proniewski wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On a brand new server I have an ICH8/ESB2 chipset onboard. It features > > RAID 0,1,10,5 capability. Unfortunately, if a create a RAID volume into > > the chipset BIOS, this RAID volume remains unseen from the "testing" > > install CD, and the installer will see all 4 HD like there is no RAID at > > all. > > The server BIOS allows me to load either Intel code or Adaptec code to > > build my RAID, but none of them works with "testing". > > > > Is there any way to workaround this and to make a RAID volume usable by > > the debian installer ? Any idea is welcome. > > > > the server: > > <http://supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015P-TR.cfm> > > dmesg output: <http://patpro.net/~patpro/dmesg.txt> > > > > thanks, > > > > patpro > > > > I do suspect you mean EM64T instead of AMD64. There are very slight > differences in the instruction sets. EM64T would match ICH8 as both are > Intel. No, I mean AMD64, because a "Debian EM64T" release does not exist :) But well, I've finnally figured out how to use the MD module from the install CD, so I've setup a software RAID. thanks, patpro -- http://www.patpro.net/ |