Urs Beyerle wrote:
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> Linux Live CD supports the same hardware as an installed Scientific 
> Linux 4. So, the question is: Does Scientific Linux supports SATA 
> RAIDs? I personally don't know either.
It certainly supports SATA-RAID.  I've got two arrays running under SL4.3

07:01.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series SATA-RAID
02:03.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series SATA-RAID

These are of course pci cards and they use 3w_9xxx.ko and worked out
of the box once configured on the card.  Whether you can use an onboard
sata-raid... I guess that would depend on the chip set.  absent that 
info, the
best way to find out would be...
> However, just burn the LiveCD and give a try. By the way, you find a 
> testing release of the SL44 LiveCD (with the latest SL44 kernel) in 
> ftp://ftp.psi.ch/psi/livecd/pub/testing
:)
-K

PS. I've got a couple of MB where the onboard SATA controller (let alone
any RAID attempts) didn't work out of the box and required special module
builds.  I would guess that on newer hardware, unless you specifically 
built
the machine making sure that stock kernels would recognize your hardware,
it's kind of a crap shoot with the onboard controllers.