Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:18:43 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@deepcore.dk> Cc: thron forum <thron_forum@yahoo.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Adaptec SATA 1205sa support for FreeBSD 6.0 Message-ID: <20051215211842.GA11418@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <43A1D51D.7070804@deepcore.dk> References: <20051215194325.49909.qmail@web35908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <43A1CCFE.10705@FreeBSD.org> <20051215201737.GA10846@freebie.xs4all.nl> <43A1D51D.7070804@deepcore.dk>
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:42:05PM +0100, Sren Schmidt wrote.. > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:07:26PM +0100, Sren Schmidt wrote.. > > > >>thron forum wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Does the current release support the Adaptec SATA 1205sa card? I have > >>>searched the Freebsd site as well as Google.com/bsd and I cant find the > >>>card. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The 1205 is based on the SiI3112 SATA chip and is as such supported. > >>However, that chip is with a fair margin the worst piece of crap you can > >>buy for money IMNHO. > >>Get a real SATA controller and spare yourself the trouble, headackes > >>etc... > > > > > >Soren, what would you recommend for a plain SATA controller? > > Something Promise, a tx2 or tx4 depending on channels needed. > > >And what for one that can do true RAID1? > > Define true RAID1 ? > > All RAID1's that ATA supports are sofware based, any controller can do > here, unless you want to boot from it, you'd go for one that has BIOS > support for RAID like the Promise TX2200.. Well, yes, booting is the issue yes. Seems in .NL TX2200 has become a rare breed. Would a TX2300 also do? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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