Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:23:08 -0800 From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> To: Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wayne@tbnets.com Subject: Re: Setting up a new 1TB server running freebsd I hope. Message-ID: <20020314182308.C68606@backmaster.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20020217033707.55682.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020217033707.55682.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com>
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The latest 7.4 firmware supports 48 bit addressing. On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:37:07PM -0800, Jerry Murdock wrote: > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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