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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:32 am, mark wrote:
> Hi
>
> Big question, I need to set up a FreeBSD server with serial ATA
> hardware raid.
>
> What serial raid controller, or what motherboard with a supported
> serial raid controller is recommended?
>
> I was thinking of staying with 4.9-STABLE or should I rather move
> to 5.2.1-RELEASE ?
>

To see what is supported look at man 4 ata.  Also look at the hardware 
notes for each version
http://www.au.freebsd.org/releases/5.2.1R/hardware-i386.html#AEN65
and
http://www.au.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/hardware-i386.html#AEN33

When you pick a controller or board search the mail archives to see if 
anyone has had a problem with it.
http://www.au.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists
and of course google