insurektion Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Hey everyone I have been hearing much good about linux recently but was wondering would it support 2xSATA 80 GB in Raid-0. Also could someone reccommend a good distro (pref with KDE or some nice looking desktop). THX in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 I would go Mandrake or Slackware, and it does support SATA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted February 2, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2004 AFAIK, and I could be wrong about this, Linux does not support any RAID configuration for SATA hard drives currently. There is good support for SATA in the new 2.6 series kernels (though you will need to know what chipset your SATA controller uses). I don't know of any distro out there that comes with a 2.6 kernel, but I would imagine it would not be that hard to get one going in any distro. I'd personally recommend Gentoo, Debian, or Slackware (these are probably the easiest to setup with a 2.6 kernel and newer hardware). As for the GUI, pretty much all distros come with at least Gnome and KDE, and you can install any of them on any distro if they don't come "stock". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 2, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2004 If you are looking for good SATA support, then something with the 2.6 kernel is recommended (like the new Mandrake 10 - not fully released, I think). There is some support in the 2.4 kernel as well, but it may or may not work with your particular chipset. RAID is no problem at all. Linux supported it out of the box early on. Windows is behind Linux here. I recommend backing your system up, then doing a test install of Linux. If SATA is supported with what you have, then you have a green light to install everything the way you want. :yes: [EDIT: Wow! A barrage of responses! lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 RAID is no problem at all. Linux supported it out of the box early on. Windows is behind Linux here. w00t :blink: XP supports RAID no problem!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 I'm always on the latest kernel (why else would I have to reboot! :happy: ) And also I have a SATA drive. It worked just dandy under 2.4, and with the latest bleeding-edge kernel, I did find a slight performance increase, which is always nice :) I can't talk for the SATA raiding, though. I have 3 drives, but only one SATA. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 Thanks for the help so far (I knew you Zealots would pull through ;) ) Um My system specs are the following: Athlon 2500 @ 3000 MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR Radeon 9600 Pro 512 DDR333 2x80 SATA 80GB Seagate w/ 8 Meg Cache in RAID-0 160 IDE Western Digital w 8/ meg Cache S0 chipset is Nforce2? Or it says Promise 2+0 Stripe RAID/SCSI device in hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 I am not using the IDE because its going in the XBOX in a week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 w00t :blink: XP supports RAID no problem!!! ;) thats true amd is the only one behind on this intel supports it natively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjv Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 yes.. windows does support raid and also does linux. but it is true that windows is behind linux because windows does not support ALL types of raid. fjv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 ok back on topic which distro is most likely to work with sata raid-0 ill try that one out. then how do i install etc. i need step by step im gonna be a linux n00b !!!!!1111 omg omg.... :rolleyes: anyways ya which should i do and help me out on dualbotting instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1234 Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 How come mandrake doesn't have free distro anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetman Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 they do, just go to the downlaod section at mandrakesoft.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1234 Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 they do, just go to the downlaod section at mandrakesoft.com Oh, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetman Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 w00t :blink: XP supports RAID no problem!!! ;) but it is true that windows is behind linux because windows does not support ALL types of raid. I was meaning that Linux supported it very early in the development. Sorry if my brief comment wasn't clear. (it wasn't) :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Should you choose Mandrake, you dont have to burn the ISOs onto a CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d10p Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Go Gentoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 Everyone is going to have an opinion here. The best answers are not joing to be: Use xxxxxxxx distro! A good recommendation can only be met by looking at your needs. If you want to know all the ins and outs of Linux by building it from source, an dhave the time and perserverence to do so, then Gentoo may be an excellent choice. If you want to use Linux and learn, but have a family of four young boys, and a full-time job that doesn't involve Linux, then you may find distros such as Debian, Slack good for a high-learning curve, and Fedora, SUSE, Mandy for easy at first install. If you just want to run Linux, and don't want to deal with what's under the hood (at least not for now), then Lycrois, Lindows, Xandros may be what suits you. Before any good recommendations can be made (or listened to), teh user's needs must be taken into consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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