From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 5 4: 4:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E06137B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:04:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from thea.blinkenlights.nl (thea.blinkenlights.nl [62.58.162.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD31D43E4A for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:04:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: by thea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 0B55B39305; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:04:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07C4DD581; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:04:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:04:12 +0100 (CET) From: Sten To: Oliver Lehmann Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers In-Reply-To: <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Message-ID: References: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Sten wrote: > > > > Once FreeBSD is booted most raid controllers will work. > And how to configure the raid? Is it possible to move inside these > Configuration Utilityat boottime to configure the RAID? Otherwise how > should i use such a controller w/o the ability to configure the drives > within the controller configuration utility... Configure it on a pc. > > Booting from ide/floppy is usally the easiest way. > Actually the machine boots from a Tekram DC 390U2W (SYM-895) Controller. > But i would like to have the whole Sysmtem on a RAID-5 Host drive. You can put the kernel op the tekram and the system on raid5. Otherwise you'll have to shop around for the correct scsi controller. http://www.islandco.com/controller.htm is the first link I found :) -- Sten Spans "What does one do with ones money, when there is no more empty rackspace ?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message