[ILUG] Anyone using a HighPoint RocketRaid 454?

[John Allen]

On Monday 26 January 2004 04:32, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting John Allen (john.allen at dublinux.net):
> > Anyone using a HighPoint RocketRaid 454, especially with Mandrake 9.2?
>
[snipped]
> That doesn't mean that Linux will be able to see HighPoint's proprietary
> software-RAID volumes on attached hard drives.  Absent either

I installed the proprietary Highpoint drivers, and the system hangs shortly 
after either formatting, or writing to the array.

> extraordinary cooperation from HighPoint with the open-source community
> (which seems unlikely) or your use of HighPoint-provided proprietary
> drivers in your kernel, you'll likely have to use the attached drives as
> plain ol' disk devices.  The silver lining in that is that Linux's own
> software RAID (md driver) is almost certainly much better, anyway.
>

Unfortunately the system hangs when using the plain Linux ide drivers also. 
Although it did saty up long enough to start an install, in radi 5 mode it 
was dog slow.

I'm now looking at getting a 3Ware card, as other have reported using it 
sucessfully.

Thanks.

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> Cheers,
> Rick Moen                      "vi is my shepherd; I shall not font."
> rick at linuxmafia.com                               -- Psalm 0.1 beta

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John Allen,                          Email:  mailto:john.allen at dublinux.net
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