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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I just want decide whether I will go for the raid controller on my motherboard or buy a raid card. However, raid is not configured in software, it is rather setup in raid controller's bios.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org [<A HREF="mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org">mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</A>] On Behalf Of David C. Chipman</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: October 4, 2005 3:58 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: raid controller</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>Hi Phillip, </FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>I've not used RAID before, but I'll see if I can answer your question.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I doubt you'll lose any information, just by swapping motherboards. Why</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>would you? The information is still on the disk, after all. I hope this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>helps, </FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>-David Chipman</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>PS; Good luck on the hardware swap,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 13:52 -0400, Phillip Qin wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I have an onboard SATA raid controller. I plan to use RAID-1 on two</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 400GB HDDs. If I replace/upgrade my motherboard, will I lose data on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the raid drives?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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