Hardare RAID (0+1) and Linux (Slackware 8.1).

[Myles Green]

I'm trying to set up a server to replace the system currently hosting my 
mirror of linux-sxs.org and have run into a problem that currently has 
me stumped. Here's a list of the hardware invloved:

Case - Chieftech 26" full tower
MoBo - Shuttle AK35GT2R w/ onboard HighPoint 370/372 RAID controler
CPU - Athlon XP 1800+
RAM - 2 GB Samsung DDR PC2700 (4 x 512MB)
HDD - 4 x Maxtor 40GB ATA 133 (Liquid)
CDROM- LG 52x
Floppy - Panasonic 1.44 MB
Video - Nvidia TNT2 M64 32MB VRAM
NIC - D-Link DFE-538TX/R 10/100

I can create a RAID 0+1 setup in the HighPoint BIOS if, and only if, I 
leave the drives jumpered as 'cable select'. If I try to jumper them 
manually it can only see the two slave drives - incorrectly identified 
as having 70+ GB capacity. 

Slackware has a bootdisk with the correct drivers for the HighPoint 
chipset which boots up fine and then asks for the 'root disk' (which is 
actually a set of 5 floppies labeled install.1, install.2 etc.), then I 
get to select the keyboard and login as root but after that, all I get 
is screenfulls of scrolling hexidecimal (?) numbers.

Anybody seen this or have any suggestions? I'm all ears...

TIA,

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Myles Green Calgary AB Canada
Alberta linux-sxs.org Mirror:
http://dgtech-solutions.com/sxs/