From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 8 16:54:23 2005 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 678D216A41C for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:54:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tuliogs@pgt.mpt.gov.br) Received: from mitra.mpt.gov.br (mail.pgt.mpt.gov.br [200.157.62.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB5843D1F for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:54:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tuliogs@pgt.mpt.gov.br) Received: from [10.0.0.136] (516e.pgt.mpt.gov.br [10.0.0.136]) by mail.pgt.mpt.gov.br (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j58GsJnt040515 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:54:19 -0300 (BRST) (envelope-from tuliogs@pgt.mpt.gov.br) Message-ID: <42A722D7.6050900@pgt.mpt.gov.br> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:54:47 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tulio_Guimar=E3es_da_Silva?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <1118150785.6986.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1118150785.6986.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------010406080004050501020105" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Looking for 4 port SATA (non RAID) controller 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: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:54:23 -0000 --------------010406080004050501020105 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mail.pgt.mpt.gov.br id j58GsJnt040515 Hi Vladimir, I (tried) to use some TX4 with 5.4 here at work, with no success.=20 It=B4s said the lastest FBSD ata driver supports it, but then you=B4d hav= e=20 to get the driver sources, make a custom .iso or compile ata as a module=20 (if possible) of the install CD and pray for it to work... well, I=20 didn=B4t have the time to do it, so I can=B4t say if it=B4ll work. :P Even some Linux distros had some trouble recognizing the Promise=20 (you=B4d have to pause the installation, load the precompiled module and=20 again pray for the installer to accept the new peripherals). Actually,=20 the only way I found to make it work with 5.4 was to install it under=20 VMWare on w2k (doh). Obviously, it=B4s not a production environment nor=20 machine, and surely NOT an option if you need performance. Also, if you=B4re looking for S-ATA only, not RAID, you can go to other= =20 (and cheaper) cards. Highpoint is well known to support FreeBSD (not=20 that *wonderful* support, but far better than many others, and it=B4s=20 official) for some controllers; take a look at their site and see what=20 you=B4ll find. ;) I only found a 2-ch controller:=20 http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/r1520.htm Good luck! :) Tulio G. Silva Vladimir Konrad wrote: >I am looking for a 4 port SATA PCI card which works with FreeBSD (5.4). >I am planning to do the RAID in software. > >Do Promise TX4 cards work? > >Also I was considering getting two Adaptec 1210SA cards (cheaper than >getting the 4 port RAID from them). Does this one work? > >I searched the archives and googled, but could not find confirmation on >this. > >I would consider any other 4 port non RAID SATA PCI cards which can be >bought in UK and work well in FreeBSD. > >Vladimir >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > =20 > --------------010406080004050501020105--