Fedora Core 3 on a SATA RAID

[astolpho]

At work I recently tried to install Fedora Core 3 on a relatively new Dell workstation. Its an INTEL system with a SATA RAID 0 set up, 2/ 80 gig hard drives. When I attempted the install Fedora could not recognize the Disk Array. Doing research I found The Linux kernel (ata_piix module) currently has no support for the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) available on the Intel ICH6R SATA controller. To work around this issue until AHCI support is released, you must switch the controller mode from "AHCI" to "ATA" mode (aka legacy mode). Perform the following steps:

Reboot the system, enter the system BIOS setup. From the BIOS menu, selct "Drives", and then select "SATA Operation". Choose "RAID Autodetect/ATA" .

I've read mixed reviews if this is a worth while solution. Do ya'll think this would degrade the performance of my SATA RAID? Think I should just wait till Fedora comes out with a new kernel with support? Heard of any better solutions?

 

[unhappy_mage]

FC is on a 6 month release cycle; you may be better off trying another distro that does handle it (if there are any) or just getting a pci card that is supported.

If you have another controller, you may be better off just going with raid 0; it's hella fast, even as compared to hardware controllers. I have an older machine (PIII-450, 256 MB ram) that does a raid-0 at 55 MB/s. Not too bad, considering.