Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:02:31 -0800 From: "Colin O'Brien" <cobrien@activedoc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Bootable RAID Message-ID: <200011211803.NAA01725@www-dc-14.digiserve.com> In-Reply-To: <00112016591601.03114@marbsd.tninet.se>
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Thanks to Mark (and others who replied) for threading me correctly through the FreeBSD web-site and to Mike Smith for this very clear answer... On Monday 20 November 20 2000 12:41, Mike Smith write > All of the supported controllers can be installed to and booted from on > x86. See the Alpha notes for Alpha systems. On Monday 20 November 2000 08:59, Mark Rowlands wrote > On Monday 20 November 2000 17:40, Colin O'Brien wrote: > > I notice that the recent iterations of FreeBSD (4.1.1, 4.2 RC1) include > > support for newer (read, available and affordable, plus Ultra 160 and > > therefore consistent with hard drives that are available) RAID controllers > > such as Adaptec 2100S, DPT SmartRaid VI and Mylex AcceleRAID 170. > > > > I cannot find any mention if you can boot from these controllers? > > > > If this is not supported, is this a case of 'not yet', or is there some > > technical reasons why they will never be able to support booting in > > FreeBSD? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help > > Colin > > > > > > > > a qualified yes (my acceleraid 250 works) > > and may I point you towards > > http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/index.html > > for a more learned viewpoint > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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