Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:36:20 +1100 From: "Rob B" <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: "Oliver Lehmann" <lehmann@ans-netz.de>, "Sten" <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: <alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers Message-ID: <000b01c29c5a$eaf35340$3164a8c0@pootah> References: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de><Pine.SOL.4.50.0212051230280.749-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Lehmann" <lehmann@ans-netz.de> To: "Sten" <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: <alpha@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers > Sten wrote: > > > Wether a raid controller is bootable depends on the srm support. > > Thats what i ask about.. I have no clue which RAID controllers my srm > knowns. Actually I'm using the newest SRM which is available for this > machine (v5.8). > > > 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... The configuration of the card is done from within srm. > > 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. Some Mylex DAC-960 cards are supported as boot devices, but as to how to know what you srm supports, that's a bit of a mystery. srm isn't documented very well at all - even inside DEC/Compaq/HP. Apart from asking here, check the archives of some of the Alpha Linux mailing lists, Redhat and Debian would be the best bets. Some current- & ex-Alpha engineers are on those lists cheers, Rob -- "Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty." - Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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