Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:37:07 -0800 (PST) From: Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wayne@tbnets.com Subject: Re: Setting up a new 1TB server running freebsd I hope. Message-ID: <20020217033707.55682.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com>
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> 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) The only question I would have is if the 3ware card supports the 48 bit addressing needed for the 160GB drives. It's very possible it doesn't. Then again it might - I don't know. The spec sheet doesn't mention one way or the other, and you know what that usually means. Jerry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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