[lug] SW Raid question

[steve at badcheese.com]

> If i buy a SATA card as you describe for install at some point in the near
> future, i should be able to install the card, plug in my old drives and
> the system should boot / run with them without a reinstall right?  the way
> i understand it is that sw raid should be hw independent (after all it's
> implemented in sw)?
>
> Of course this assumes that i don't need to compile a driver for the card.

I bought a 3rd part SATA card from Comp-USA and Fedora FC6 recognized it 
out of the box with no issues.  It was a generic, single-chip controller 
type card for like $15 or something like that.

- Steve

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