openSUSE 11.2 on RAID 0 installation trouble.

English Install/Boot/Login
1

Hi! I’ll have a Sony VAIO AR290 with 2 HDD, earlier I’ll have a Windows XP and SUSE and RAID was turned off. Now I turn on RAID in STRIPE mode for better productivity, Windows 7 installation was successful, It creates MBR partition (100 M and C: \ HDD. During SUSE installation(I’ve chose all parameters- swap and \ partition) installation process stop at 1% on “operating with HDD” and my VAIO dont answer on any key pressed (alt ctr del, ctr c, esc) and I’ll should to turn it power off.
During surfing web, I’ll find some solutions to solve it by creating \boot partition but It hasn’t any results.
What can be the trouble? How to solve it and install SUSE successful?

2

help me please !:’(:X

3

boy’s where are you ???

4

You are wanting to do something that is far out.

  1. you have Sony hardware which is for the most part non-standard.

  2. We really don’t know how this raid is implemented. Is it Fake RAID or is there a real Controller?

  3. It is better in Linux to implement software raid. It is more predictable.

  4. Raid 0 is too dangerous for most people. Loss of either Drive will zap all your data. For most the small speed increase is just not worth the risk.

Good luck

5

I have a FAKE raid!
when I’m installing suse 11.2 his stuck on working with HDD.
I’m can’t create software raid, because i need Windows too !
what I mast do for successfully installation ?

6

What do you need Windows for? ie Games or buisness?

If buisness You might consider running Windows in a Virtual Machine like Sun VirtualBox.

Linux and fake raid just don’t get along.

Then again why do you think that you need raid at all. You would not notice the difference except in some very extreme situations. And raid 0 is dangerous because if you lose one drive you have lost all data. IMHO raid is a waste for a desktop in 99% of the cases.

7

Windows I need for business (Adobe DreamWeaver, Visual Studio…)

>>>Linux and fake raid just don’t get along.
I’m not understand why ? in default configuration my VAIO was with RAID 0 and windows XP on board.

I know about all risks are connected with RAID 0. when i created RAID 0 productivity in my system grow up in 2 times. Boot time reduced from 2 minutes to 40-50 seconds. This is my reason to create raid =)

8

Suse will boot much faster then that and not slow down over time.

You can run Windows in a VM for all buisness type apps. It does not do so well for high intensity 3D games.

I write MS based programs but my main OS is Suse and I run XP in a VirtualBox. It is much better then dual booting since you can have both OS’s running at the same time and copy and past between them.