Q about RAID 1 and dual boots

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

Hello,

I'm considering setting up a RAID 1. My question is.. i have a linux dual boot on my drive right now... when i build the second drive, what will happen when i boot into linux? do i need anything special to run my RAID correctly in linux??

Here's another questions.. I'm going to have to buy a IDE raid controller (my board only supports SATA RAIDS... i'm not gonna move to SATA for a while). When it comes time to move my old harddrive to the controller what am i supposed to do?? do i just move the harddrive right when i install the controller.. or should i install the PCI controller, then turn on the computer and then move my old harddrive to the controller so i can set up the RAID 1.. in that case.. will it even boot since i moved the old HDD to the controller???

Also, on the controllers.. do i just set both drives to master?


Thanks..

 

[RancidWAnnaRIot]

anyone?

 

[Ice Czar]

they would both be Master (one on each channel)
normally you would build an array then install to it
the exception would be a RAID1, where youd simply follow the rebuild proceedure
you shouldnt have any issues with a dual boot

 

[unhappy_mage]

both drives to master on seperate chains. the other thing you might want to try is software raid 1. that doesn't get too bad a hit on performance as compared to a hardware raid solution. if you decide to go with hardware raid, as long as the card is supported in whatever kernel you're using (go to /usr/src/linux; run make xconfig or make menuconfig; look through "ata/ide device support->ata/ite/etc" and see if the card you're planning on is there) you should be fine. good luck!