Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268269AbUJORK2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:10:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268265AbUJORK2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:10:28 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:64386 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268285AbUJORJZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:09:25 -0400 Message-ID: <41700439.8080809@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:09:13 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: a.ledvinka@promon.cz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: promise (105a:3319) unattended boot References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1107 Lines: 30 a.ledvinka@promon.cz wrote: > Hello. > > Got here http://pciids.sourceforge.net/iii/?i=105a3319 > As http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html#tx4 calls it > soft/accelerator raid version > Going to use latest kernel from /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ > > But bios even with keyboard unplugged requires me to press one of 2 keys > to either define array OR continue booting in case no array is defined. > > What would you recommend me to do? > - stay with ft3xx module from promise and 10 level RAID array and not use > sata_promise? > - define some array in bios and completely ignore that fact and use > sata_promise, bypass bios and define custom linux soft raid arrays? > - anything else (no bios flashing and no hw hacking)? You can use dmraid or ataraid, and define a JBOD array consisting of one disk in each array (i.e. one JBOD per disk) Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/