Matt214914 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 hey, i have a custum box that fits all criteria...but osx86 installation doesnt pick up my hdds. i have 2 Western Digital 40 gig ide (ata 133) set up in raid 1 (stripe raid) on a foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2 with a P4 530J (SSE3, Prescott). an ati card, nec dvd r/rw, 5 fans, 512 ram... i set up partitions, did it all right (i think) but no go.. and im totaly lost...it works fine except that that osx86 doesnt detect any hdd.... please help if u can.... matt(y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskurza Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 my raid is working fine.. but its a SCSI raid..its on adaptec 2940 adapter.. I dont think its a raid problem in general but rather there are no drivers for your adapter specifically.. (or what ever is on the chipset) hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 hey,i have a custum box that fits all criteria...but osx86 installation doesnt pick up my hdds. i have 2 Western Digital 40 gig ide (ata 133) set up in raid 1 (stripe raid) on a foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2 with a P4 530J (SSE3, Prescott). an ati card, nec dvd r/rw, 5 fans, 512 ram... i set up partitions, did it all right (i think) but no go.. and im totaly lost...it works fine except that that osx86 doesnt detect any hdd.... please help if u can.... matt(y) Your RAID array will not work because it's a cheap "soft" RAID (like every on-board RAID controler). This things have as usual just a BIOS. If you got a RAID Card from Adaptec or 3ware like Eskurza it will probably work because this a fully fonctinal RAID controler. These Cards comes as usual with a own chip & RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt214914 Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 Your RAID array will not work because it's a cheap "soft" RAID (like every on-board RAID controler). This things have as usual just a BIOS.If you got a RAID Card from Adaptec or 3ware like Eskurza it will probably work because this a fully fonctinal RAID controler. These Cards comes as usual with a own chip & RAM. thanks, i will prolly back up all my data and just kill the raid....reinstall windows etc....the controllers cost a lot for a good one and so i prolly wont get one of those....i didnt even know the problem with soft-raid thanks for all the help guys, i am eternally gratefull matt(y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicolBolas Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 DrJägermeister, did you mean a 3ware serie 7500 card may work OOB? Would it be bootable also in a single boot setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biped Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Your RAID array will not work because it's a cheap "soft" RAID (like every on-board RAID controler). This things have as usual just a BIOS.If you got a RAID Card from Adaptec or 3ware like Eskurza it will probably work because this a fully fonctinal RAID controler. These Cards comes as usual with a own chip & RAM. Actually, a 'soft' raid or software raid is configured in the os without any hardware level raid implemented, using dynamic disks in windows world, freebsd has geom and vinum, linux has something too i can't recall the name. most onboard raid controllers are stripped down raid controllers sure, they may lack caching and other features you would get with an expensive add on card. but i don't think your problem has anything to do with the fact that it is 'a common cheap hardware raid chipset', more likely that osx doesn't support the chipset peroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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