Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:31:11 -0600 From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Macs and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <0E963BF2-D65F-11DA-97B3-0003934CC29E@dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <DDFE8205-5580-4FE9-8BF3-06CABF0BC510@antsclimbtree.com>
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On Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 05:49 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: > On Apr 27, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Dan Busarow wrote: > >> >> On Apr 27, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: >> >>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: >>> >>> That brings up an important point. I would want to hook up a USB2.0 >>> or Firewire hard drive to the machine, either as a boot drive, a >>> backup drive, or both (two drives). How is FreeBSD's support for >>> USB or Firewire? Can one boot from these connections? Is it >>> reliable enough for server use? >> >> We've got a FreeBSD 5.x NFS/Samba/AppleTalk file server at work using >> Lacie firewire drives (purchased at the local Mac store in keeping >> with the thread) Works great. Just replaced one of the drives that >> was starting to report errors during rsync. Drive was about 2 years >> old. The other drives are still going strong. >> >> Dan > > Does it boot from Firewire, or is that just for storage? Is the > machine a Mac? An Intel Mac? Sorry, forgot to comment on that. The server is a normal Intel box booting off an ATA drive. The firewire drive are just storage. Dan
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