Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:50:04 +0100 From: Gary Allan <stable@gallan.plus.com> To: Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A Message-ID: <4141B10C.2070704@gallan.plus.com> In-Reply-To: <pan.2004.09.10.13.00.59.209074@babysnakes.org> References: <pan.2004.09.10.13.00.59.209074@babysnakes.org>
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Haim Ashkenazi wrote: >Hi > >I've installed freebsd 4_10 on a pc with Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A (mirror) >and it seems to work fine. in dmesg I can see the raid (ar0) and the >disks. >my only concern is that since this card is not supported (according to >adaptec it only supports windows), I'm afraid that in the case of disk >failures, I won't see the errors in '/var/log/messages'. (a problem I'm >having with compaq card and debian - but there, I can check the status >with the leds). >does anyone have experience with this card on freebsd? > >thanx > > I believe this card is based upon a Highpoint 370/370A chip which is supported by the manufacturer. http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/b370na.htm I 'm currently using a card with this chipset under FreeBSD 4.10 with no problems. The array was listed as a drive during the install process (along with it's component drives strangely.) Regards Gaz
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