Hey guis,
first of all, here’s my PC configuration
Proc Core2Duo 6750
MB MSI P35 Neo 2
RAM Corsair 4GB
Video Gigabyte GTS250
HDD 2x320GB Seagate in RAID 0 and 1GB WD
I have a Windows 7 installation with a boot partition on the RAID0. I also want to have a dual boot with openSUSE 11.2 but I don’t know how to set correctly my partitions. I have some unallocated space of next to the Windows C:/ partition. When I try to install openSUSE it makes a suggestion to create some partitions that i don’t need and don’t want, and even doesn’t mount them. It also creates a / 80GB, /boot 36MB, swap 2GB and /home 20GB partitions, so I am in lack of free space
Can anybody help me to resolve this. I though I must post some screenshots, but I don’t know how to create screenshots during installation. Maybe I’ll try to reinstall later and pick some screens in english, because my system language is bulgarian. Please, help.
I’ve posted this thread also in Hardware section 3 days ago, but didn’t get any replys, so this may not be the right place, but I’m stuck at HDD partitioning and really need help on installation.
If u need additional info, I’ll post it here.
Please, help
Suse does not like Fake Raid. Fake raid is called that because it is not a full hardware raid and requires software assistance.
is there no way to install opensuse if you have onboard raid? it would be nice if the installer or the quick-start-documentation informed you about that. i just installed opensuse and the outcome was a system saying “no bootable device”. so it even destroyed my grub and i have to fix it in order to boot to my fedora partition. >:(
the previous post is correct - you’ll need a “real” RAID card because pretty much all of the consumer level onboard SATA raid are barely one step above software RAID. Look at some of the Highpoint RocketRaid cards.
The other (bigger and more important) question is why would you ever want to run an OS (let alone dual boot) on a RAID0? You are 200% more likely to lose your data than with a single drive because if either drive fails, your whole array is gone. For the most part, the only time you really get a performance increase with RAID0 is with long write operations (like recording audio or video). Even then, you should always have a backup drive to copy your data at the end of the session.
Hi,
my goal is to use openSUSE as a web server, that’s why I need dual boot (I’m using openSUSE since 10.0, but not enough familiar with it yet to use it as a non-GUI server).
The main reason I wanted to use RAID is that I have a 320GB Seagate HDD from my old PC that I wanna keep. A friend gave me the idea to use it with a second 320GB on a software RAID0 for more space. Later I bought another 1TB Western Digital HDD for backup and to store my music.
As I understand, the alternative of not using a software RAID is to install openSUSE on a separate drive, but I’ve never did it before, so I don’t know how to do this together with Windows 7.
Please, write here a link to a tutorial on how to install Windows 7 and openSUSE 11.2 on different drives, I decided to try this.
Try install SUSE on your 1GB HDD and then use your pair of 320 RAID0 for /home with a perm. backup (RAID1-like) to a part (about half the drive size) on your 1TB
You won’t gain speed using SUSE on a RAID rather than on a Single (not noticeable anyway)
If your Win7 is on one of the 320, you may use Acronis or Ghost to move the part to the 1TB HDD so you wil have bothe OS on the same (physical) HDD