[Eug-lug] grrrr.... damn computers!

[Linux Rocks!]

On Tuesday 04 January 2005 06:33 pm, Russ Johnson wrote:
: Linux Rocks! wrote:
: >So, Im still trying to backup my laptop, and thats being a pain in the
: > ass... kbear keeps barfing on me.. getting real tired if that, but whats
: > pissing me off more is this damn raid setup. I still havnt gotten linux
: > to see the drives. I have tested it in windows xp, and the hardware does
: > work.
:
: I've had hardware raid controllers that Linux refused to see as raid. It
: would see each drive individually, and use them that way, even when the
: raid bios had a raid set up.
:
: Not much help, but that's been my experience with both Promise and Hi
: Point raid controllers.
:
: My solution was to forget the hardware raid and go with a strictly
: software raid solution.
Thats what I will likely do... assuming I can get the drives to work under 
linux!

Jamie
:
: Russ
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