You can install Linux on this type of RAID, but it will take some doing. 
Unless you are dual-booting with Windows, you are better off configuring 
the system for non-RAID operation (in the bios setup) and using the Linux 
software RAID.  Much easier on the brain.

But if you do need to install on this RAID, let me know - I recently set 
up a system to dual-boot Windows and SL5 on Intel RAID, using the dmraid 
software.  It was a skull-splitter, but I did get it to work.

cheers,

Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, kukarzev wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I am trying to install SL4 on Dell Dimension 9200 with Intel 82801 (ICH8) 
> Raid controller. Not sure how to proceed.
>
> I have configured RAID1 array using the built-in Intel config utility (I have 
> two physical drives, 320G each). When I try to run the 4.5 installer, it sees 
> two separate drives rather than the array. I do not want to create the 
> software RAID, and I am not 100% sure what LVM is.
>
> To my understanding, I should see one raid device instead of two physical 
> disks. How do I achieve that? Am I missing a driver? Is there an installer of 
> SL4.x that can install on such a RAID?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gena.
>