RAID drives

[Brian McKee]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Richard Cloutier <rrcloutier at gmail.com> wrote:
>   I have Windows XP configured on two 250 GB drives configured as RAID 0.
> Can I load Ubuntu 8.xx on this drive?

Windows software RAID?  Hardware RAID from the BIOS?   Expensive
hardware RAID controller? More info required....

An expensive hardware RAID controller (you'd know...)  will work fine
and just look like one drive to linux (or windows, or anything else)

I'm assuming it's hardware RAID from your motherboard.   The answer is 'maybe'
Boot with the Live CD and see if it recognizes your drives.

Linux software RAID is generally considered as good as or better than
the RAID provided by your motherboard.  Unless you are trying to dual
boot, I'd just use it - it's more portable and probably more reliable.

I don't have any experience with Windows software RAID although I'm
pretty sure it exists.  *IIRC* you have to have Win Server 2k or newer
to get it.  I gather Windows server admins almost always use hardware
RAID.  I wonder how WUBI deals with this...

Does that help?

Brian