I have an Intel G35 Motherboard, 4GB of RAM and 4 500GB HDD's configured (using "Intel Matrix Storage" features of the ICH9R) as a 1320GB RAID5 and a 103GB RAID0. I booted the Live DVD (5.3.1 EN) and the RAID0 is visible, while the RAID5 isn't. Here are some details:
Code:
knoppix@Knoppix:~$ ls /dev/mapper
control  isw_ciiagfcheb_Temp_Raid0

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# dmraid -s
*** Group superset isw_ciiagfcheb
--> Subset
name   : isw_ciiagfcheb_Data_Raid5
size   : 2768241408
stride : 128
type   : raid5_la
status : ok
subsets: 0
devs   : 4
spares : 0
--> Active Subset
name   : isw_ciiagfcheb_Temp_Raid0
size   : 216069120
stride : 128
type   : stripe
status : ok
subsets: 0
devs   : 4
spares : 0

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# dmraid -ay "isw_ciiagfcheb"
ERROR: device-mapper target type "raid45" not in kernel
RAID set "isw_ciiagfcheb_Temp_Raid0" already active

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.24.4/kernel/drivers/md/
total 589
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21884 Mar 25 16:37 dm-crypt.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12133 Mar 25 16:37 dm-emc.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9168 Mar 25 16:37 dm-hp-sw.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  33496 Mar 25 16:37 dm-mirror.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  76529 Mar 25 16:37 dm-mod.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  29481 Mar 25 16:37 dm-multipath.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9226 Mar 25 16:37 dm-round-robin.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27169 Mar 25 16:37 dm-snapshot.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7774 Mar 25 16:37 dm-zero.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10018 Mar 25 16:37 faulty.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12331 Mar 25 16:37 linear.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101373 Mar 25 16:37 md-mod.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15641 Mar 25 16:37 multipath.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14873 Mar 25 16:37 raid0.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  33846 Mar 25 16:37 raid1.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  33891 Mar 25 16:37 raid10.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140080 Mar 25 16:37 raid456.ko
So the RAID5 isn't accepted because "raid45" isn't there ... but there is a module called "raid456.ko" ... is it a typo somewhere?

As my old PC crached and I can't (yet) use my new one, my access to email is very limited. I'll check this forum from time to time, but right now I'm moving towards BartPE.

Regards,

Vlad D.