From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 13:16:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B9E2C1 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com (mail-la0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0FE8FC12 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id j13so8708989lah.13 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:16:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=fHhajO0BJHxLC4FNyXNdpmycSGMNQeJQ+AJh/7qVlIE=; b=FwwI02kjnI+xqVmJY/fY2JDCLdArF7Y2NKueAa7ZfoLstoztI/6ky502tQ2liAp6sG Kvfb6ZaqDpRpfaiDMbY6qzoXkGWJvjQ1vxG7YGgiv3s85q9BUch6JACzH/CCTY1rEDpF 3sN61HiuhCkxJ1clpR5Rda/lIO7ZdCoILicVIakJzp4ZL4e1M+BnMjUoAoRgQ5ejbd6P NeO9BPn9V656bk8gIofkyu/UXs6rDNavbiPMqS9wqOELEPzRWfUbM3jm3yHXVRy7eqvc UXrwtMEF6nwmtBQt6Xb3c/SyALe7m26XRtery5+KB0qMVlyuvDfWEe19498ubC26eGBW xIzA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.31.200 with SMTP id c8mr1832293lbi.61.1353676579258; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:16:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.131.232 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:16:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.131.232 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:16:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1353675042.4081.14.camel@q> References: <1353623365.2366.8.camel@q> <1353630347.3212.5.camel@q> <201211230825.56455.hselasky@c2i.net> <1353675042.4081.14.camel@q> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:16:18 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD From: Chris Rees To: Ralf Mardorf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:16:21 -0000 On 23 Nov 2012 12:50, "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 08:25 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Friday 23 November 2012 01:25:47 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 23:29 +0100, I wrote: > > > > if I'll use an already installed Linux GRUB legacy, I don't need a > > > > free primary partition. > > > > > > What a pity :(! Seemingly a misunderstanding, when reading some > > > instructions. No workaround? "Multimedia" perhaps is the wrong list to > > > ask. I hadn't planned on that. > > > > > > > Can you use a fasttracker ultra R8 instead, which uses High-speed USB? > > I bought this card, because I need a professional audio device. The > driver seems to be available > http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/dox/dev_sound/html/dc/d5d/hdspe_8c.html > > The RME card is used for my home studio, I stopped working as a > professional audio and video engineer a few years ago, but I want to be > able to connect my machine by all kinds of interfaces to professional > equipment too. > > Back to the topic, if there's the need to have a free primary partition > to install FreeBSD, I'll try to move data from one primary partition, > but IMO this is a showstopper. To be fair, I don't know the reasons for > FreeBSD, that a primary partition is needed, perhaps this has an > advantage I'm not aware of :). Well, you can't just install onto a Linux partition, is that what you mean? Chris