Kevin Lombardo wrote: >hello- > >i am installing FC4 on a Dell Precision 450. this machine contains a >(Promise) FastTrak S150 TX2 SATA RAID controller. i have the drives >set up as RAID 0. > >running the FC4 install goes fine, and i specify to install grub on >mbr on /dev/sda which is the array. however, when rebooting, grub >doesn't even start. > >i made a grub boot disk and booted to the command shell, and it seems >that the hdd's aren't listed, so i am assuming grub can't see them. i >typed in root( and then hit tab and no drives were available. > >i'm not sure why, because the bios should be loaded. if i install >another OS on the array, it will boot from the array. > >is this just a grub issue, or can i not have my kernel on a SATA RAID >controller? will another linux bootloader work? > > This thead: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-February/013178.html seems to indicate that Promise RAID controllers aren't true hardware RAID and need a software driver (in the form of a kernel module) in order to be used under Linux. grub doesn't have support for non-"true hardware" RAID devices, afaik. -- jeremy