[Eug-lug] New computer still not working...

[Mike Cherba]

Janie,
	I think I have an IDE raid card floating around somewhere you could
try.  Give me a call if you want me to drop it by before I take off. 
541-683-2794.
		-Mike

On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 11:26, Linux Rocks! wrote:
> I still dont have this working. Ive been trying to figure out how the best way 
> to get it working. I think ive given up on the sis 180 controller. Even 
> though its "supported" and the driver loads for it, nothing ive done has 
> gotten it to work, and ive wasted a week trying.
> 
> It has another pair of ide channels, the primary one is ata 133, and the 
> secondary is ata 100.
> I have these drives:
> 2x 200gb ata133 ide maxtor drives.
> 1x 160gb ata133 ide maxtor drive.
> 1x CD/DVDR
> 
> The way your supposed to hook this up, would be with the 160 on /dev/hda, dvdr 
> on /dev/hdc, and the 200gb disks as master/slave on the sis 180.
> 
> This would give me the system on the 160 drive, access to the dvdr (on a ata33 
> bus), and the raid array (raid0) as data.
> 
> Since Im blue in the face from trying for over a week to get that damn 180 
> controller (not)working, (and its not showing me any errors, none of the help 
> ive gotten has worked, near as i can tell it should work, but donsn't).
> 
> If I do the software raid, it wants those drives to be master (identical disks 
> on identical controllers), then im going to have an issue with ata100 
> controller, and ata133 controller, and how am I going to boot the 160gb disk? 
> and or put the dvdr?
> 
> I went by stans yesterday, and he sells cheapo ide raid controllers that shoud 
> work, but he wont have any till next week. 
> 
> I checked into returning these drives for sata drives, but that will cost an 
> extra $100, and I will end up with 160gb disks instead of 200gb.
> 
> Ideally, I would like this to work as advertised, but at this point, im so 
> damn frustrated that im looking at any alternative that will work.
> 
> Jamie 
> 
-- 
Mike Cherba
Cavium Networks
883 Brookside Dr
Eugene, OR 97405
phone: (541) 684-3820
mike.cherba at caviumnetworks.com
www.caviumnetworks.com