From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 20 15: 8:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smople.thehub.com.au (smople.thehub.com.au [203.143.240.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92368153C1; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:58:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from richard@thehub.com.au) Received: from richard (pc228.internal.thehub.com.au [203.143.240.228]) by smople.thehub.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id HAA13852; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 07:57:40 +1000 (EST) Reply-To: From: "Richard Uren" To: "'Ward R Goodwin'" Cc: , , Subject: RE: Help - Fasttrak eide raid host adapter and FreeBSD Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 07:54:24 +1000 Message-ID: <000001bf03b2$b4c90c40$e4f08fcb@thehub.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <004001bf03aa$6f022b40$eb64640a@EntWood.empireone.net> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ward, I purchased one last week - A FastTrak66 (which is perhaps not the 'FastTrack' you mentioned. Its detects as a 'PCI - Mass Storage Controller' (in the Bios startup) and unless there is some 'emulate an IDE drive' mode that I missed it won't work. Its a cool idea tho. This might be better http://www.icp.net.au/raid1/default.htm (I should have one of these today). Ive also tried http://www.accordance.com.tw/araid-(1).html bu Im getting odd disk errors and strange panics when the system is idling along (but make world works fine .... - Ive just received a list of preferred drives from these guys and i'll be testing this today/tomorrow as well). Cheers Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ward R Goodwin > Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 1999 6:55 > To: Mike Smith > Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; > freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Help - Fasttrak eide raid host adapter and FreeBSD > > > Hi Mike, > > Thanks for the reply. I guess (unless lightning strikes in the > next few hours) I'll go ahead and set up as 2 IDE drives without > mirror and see if I can get FreeBSD to see it. If that doesn't > work then back to the motherboard IDE channels... > > BTW it might be software but it's bios level. Just after the > motherboard bios access. Just like when you use scsi raid > controllers. So if they get it right it should be able to emulate > a "standard" IDE drive and not require drivers... > > I was hoping someone had a hack that could translate from what the > card bios shows and allow me to go ahead and load FreeBSD. > > Thank you for your time, > > Ward > > Ward Goodwin System Administrator EmpireOne > wardish@null.net admin1@empireone.net 17 Computer Drive East > Phone (518) 453-1111 Fax (518) 489-6706 Albany, NY 12205 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Systems are interdependent, I'm indeterminate > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Smith [mailto:mike@smith.net.au] > > > Anyone have this working? > > > > The FastTrak RAID is performed in software; the > > hardware on the board > > itself is just an ordinary two-channel IDE controller. > > > > Promise claim they will be releasing a Linux driver > > sometime later this > > year; the situation will be re-evaluated at that point. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message