From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 16 18:36:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tbnets.com (dsl092-156-002.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.156.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CDF537B405 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:36:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 6662 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2002 02:36:25 -0000 Received: from softdnserror (HELO winbag) (66.92.156.27) by softdnserror with SMTP; 17 Feb 2002 02:36:25 -0000 From: "Wayne Ringling" To: Subject: Setting up a new 1TB server running freebsd I hope. Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 03:39:33 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have run linux for several years now and have created some fairly large systems that have been very stable by my standards which may not be FreeBSD standards but much better than a Win box. But I have always wanted to set up a freebsd system and make it a monster too. Well I finally am getting my chance, I got a 9 disk 3u rackmount with an Intel mb that will hold a pair of pIII 1.26mhz processors, with 2GB ram. I ordered a 3ware 7850 (8 port ata 100) and plan on putting in 8 160GB Maxtor's (raid 5) and a 120 GB Maxtor on the mb ide interface for the boot disk with a slim cd and floppy. Since this is my first freebsd install, is there anything in particular I should look out for? Will the install see the 3ware raid card? Will FreeBSD see the large drives ok (something linux has trouble with) Also any tips that might make this monster easier to install. I have queried several things on google and haven't found any definite answers to these questions. Wayne R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message