From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 17:17:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DEE116A5F1 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 17:17:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE) Received: from ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (ms-1.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85995440BB for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 16:56:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE) Received: from circe (circe.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.36]) by ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IZ400LBP1PVGM@ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:20 +0200 (MEST) Received: from talos.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE ([134.130.3.22]) by circe (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:19 +0200 (MEST) Received: from bigboss.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de (bigspace.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.181.2]) by smarthost.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/1) with ESMTP id k4BGuIIi005491; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:18 +0200 Received: from haakonia.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de ([137.226.181.92]) by bigboss.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1FeESZ-0004kh-9X; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:19 +0200 Received: by haakonia.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F179A3F42F; Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:18 +0200 From: Christian Brueffer In-reply-to: <446356DA.2070007@freemail.hu> To: Nagy =?iso-8859-1?B?TOFzemzz?= Zsolt Message-id: <20060511165618.GB1390@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=wq9mPyueHGvFACwf; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE X-PGP-Key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D References: <4463055F.1080404@freemail.hu> <61d60b9d0605110652i5e226712i9660a44093919dcd@mail.gmail.com> <446356DA.2070007@freemail.hu> Cc: Sam Clements , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Raid motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 17:17:50 -0000 --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:23:06PM +0200, Nagy L=E1szl=F3 Zsolt wrote: > Sam Clements =EDrta: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dataraid&sektion=3D4&apropos= =3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports=20 > > > > > >Says: > > The ataraid driver can read the following metadata formats: > > > > =B7 Adaptec HostRAID > > =B7 Highpoint V2 RocketRAID > > =B7 Highpoint V3 RocketRAID > > =B7 Intel MatrixRAID > > > >I do believe only RAID 0 or 1 is supported in a two disk > >configuration. Also, note that ataraid cannot yet write this metadata > >format so you'll have to use the BIOS to create & rebuild your > >RAID's... > Thank you. Of course I can use the BIOS to create the mirrored set. But= =20 > after that, can I install FreeBSD with the standard installer? I'm not= =20 > sure if 'ataraid' is included in GENERIC. Will the installer notice the= =20 > RAID-1 array as a new physical drive? Unfortunately, I do not have the=20 > hardware yet, so I cannot try this. A real SCSI RAID controller would be= =20 > too expensive for me. If I cannot install the whole system on the=20 > mirrored set, then probably it is better to use gvinum, because it=20 > allows me to buy a cheaper motherboard and use different hard drives.=20 > However, gvinum also has disadvantages (cannot mirror the root fs, or it= =20 > is too difficult and I'm not familiar with vinum...) >=20 Yes, ataraid(4) is in GENERIC and installing on it should Just Work (tm). - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEY2yybHYXjKDtmC0RAk9rAJ9ZnZ5RBUbriiNNnpeMkQmEECdrZgCdEdXd AodMOhF1QYB1FxvTRu8KXvE= =Ym3Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf--