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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-amd64] Tyan S2875 with MSI NX6800 Ultra
From:       Lares Moreau <lares.moreau () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-02-22 2:36:58
Message-ID: 1109039818.9396.10.camel () jayden
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On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:09 -0500, Curtis Richards wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just assembled a Tyan S2875 with dual Opterons, a SATA raid 0 and a 
> MSI NX 6800 Ultra graphics card.  It has a Windows Pro XP partiotion ( 
> for the kids games ) on 10% of the drive space.  Are there any gotcha's 
> installing Gentoo AMD 64?  Should I install Slackware or Ubuntu on part 
> of the drive space first in order have a working enviornment to access 
> the SATA array?  All help greatfully accepted!
>

Are you running WinXP on the SATA RAID that comes with the MOBO? if so,
You need be aware that the chipset drivers in Linux are just a pass
through for the drives, and they show up as SCSI drives.  The 'RAID'
drivers that are used in Windows are COMPLETELY different and
incompatible.  THis poses a problem, one possible solution is to use
part1 of disc0 for windows,( that way it doesn't complain about
booting). Further you could use part1 of disc1 for a backup partition fo
all your important files, (ie. /etc && /home/).  us the rest of the
space on both drives to make your Gentoo install RAID0.

As for acctually setting up the RAID0 Array from the live CD, there is
no Issues, I have done it on multiple occasions.  Just remeber to backup
your /etc/raidtab to a disc accessible from a virgin system, So
something like a floppy or a CDR.
See here for full install instructions. :)
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-8813.html

Later Days,
Lares

lares.moreau@gmail.com
amd64 ArchTester

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