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Old 02-28-2008, 05:01 AM
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Default Re: only one sata drive is recognized

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:03:02 +0100, Chris Imker <chris@nickname.berlin.de> wrote:
>Chris Imker wrote:


>> I want to install Gentoo 64 on an AMD64X2 system that has two unformatted
>> SATA drives (RAID System wanted). When I enter the BIOS setup, both drives
>> are shown. When I boot the Gentoo Minimal installation CD, there is
>> only /dev/sda. What may be wrong?
>> Eggert

>Thanks for answers. Yes it seems the controller supports hardware raid. I
>enabled SATA mode=AHCI in the BIOS, now I see both devices.


Just to nitpick, unless you have a $500 motherboard, it won't be hardware
raid. It is just a bios screen of settings and a windows driver to do
raid in software.
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