Dual boot RAID 1

zeus · 06-05-2008, 06:23 PM

I have an x86 desktop which I still dual boot windows and Linux.

At the moment ive got all my "to keep" files on an 80gb ntfs pata drive but would like to setup a RAID 1.

Will I have any problems caused by dual booting if I get a pci RAID card? Or is a hardware RAID configuration standalone?

I will be using windows 2000 pro and xubuntu 8.04.

Any suggestions on a RAID card will be more than welcome.

Impotence · 11-05-2008, 10:01 PM

As far as i know desktop releases of windows operating systems don't support anything other than RAID-0

zeus · 15-05-2008, 01:16 AM

Only RAID 0 in windows? That cant be right. Im sure both our office pcs have raid 1. I know i asked the pc builders at the shops to add raid 1!

megamaced · 15-05-2008, 09:48 PM

A hardware RAID setup is transparent to the operating system, so Linux and Windows in a dual boot setup is fine.

Impotence, I think you may be refering to software RAID. Windows does not support that unless you are running the server versions

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zeus out of date Join Date: May 2003 Age: 26 Posts: 1,620 Times Helpful: 104 My Mood: Twisted Status: Offline My Computer	Dual boot RAID 1 I have an x86 desktop which I still dual boot windows and Linux. At the moment ive got all my "to keep" files on an 80gb ntfs pata drive but would like to setup a RAID 1. Will I have any problems caused by dual booting if I get a pci RAID card? Or is a hardware RAID configuration standalone? I will be using windows 2000 pro and xubuntu 8.04. Any suggestions on a RAID card will be more than welcome.

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