From: pk@pk.pk   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
      
   > RAID arrays on these devices are sofware RAID-based but have some hardware   
   > support for certain RAID operations, provided that you use the motherboard   
   > manufacturer's RAID driver, which will in practice always be a   
   > binary-only, proprietary Windows driver.   
      
   Well there's actually the dm* stuff for that kind of fake raids under linux.   
   However, I wouldnt' advise my worst enemy to use that kludge :-),   
   especially since pure software raid as provided by linux kernel almost   
   always works better.   
      
   > Linux will simply see both hard disks as individual storage entities and a   
   > RAID set-up on these devices must for the Linux kernel therefore always be   
   > set up using the typical /dmraid/ tools, just as with hard disks attached   
   > to any other, non-RAID controllers.   
      
   ITYM mdraid (yes, I always confuse the two myself)/mdadm or raidtools.   
      
   For a good list of which SATA chips are true hw raid and which are fakeraid,   
   and linux support, these pages might help:   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/d6rn7   
   http://linux-ata.org   
      
   Regards   
      
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