Question : Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on RAID 10 Array

Hello,
I am new to Linux and attempted to install SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Server on an Intel server with on-board RAID 10. Normally with Windows Server I would just F6 to load up the driver for the RAID and then create my partitions, selecting one partition to install the OS to. In Linux when I load the CD I am unable to create partitions and presented with options to create RAID arrays. I assume the RAID is controlled by the hardware since it is setup prior to OS installation. However, I am not sure this is the case with Linux.

Do I need to create the RAID in Linux before I try to install it? Is there a way to inherit the RAID 10 from the hardware and just create partitions to install the software to? If I cannot inherit the RAID 10 configuration and have to create the RAID 10 in Linux, can I create partitions on the total space available from the RAID 10?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
conquerdev

P.S. - What does fstab mean?

Answer : Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on RAID 10 Array

If you don't wat to use RAID5 I would put in RAID 1 /usr, /var, /opt and /home filesystems. Root filesystem should be static one so you will make a dd copy after installation to another root partition on another disk. In Linux you are actualy mirroring partitions, not disks. Nobody can stop you to make one swap partition and one for / (the same on other disk) and then to mirror / partition. It is not recommended for a server. Anyway, after making partitions, you can put them to md0, md1, ... mirrors. Then proceed with an installation.