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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on HP Computer that is using software RAID 5
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On 1/3/2019 7:17 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> You will need to go into your server BIOS and delete the existing RAID 
> configuration.  The installer will then see all three drives, and you 
> can tell it to create a RAIDZ over all three of them.

It may be stating the obvious, but any existing data on the three drives 
will be lost in the process.

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John J.