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Date:      Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:06:58 -0500
From:      "Vaevictus Asmadi" <vaevictus@socket.net>
To:        <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Hardware Compatibility
Message-ID:  <NDBBIOANCLGLNFOCLGEOMEEMCAAA.vaevictus@socket.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990821100225.F87145@forty-two.egroups.net>

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>On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:36:23PM -0400, up@3.am wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Gregory Sutter wrote:
>> > On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 11:24:30AM +0000, gimp@netnet.com.sg wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I will be setting up a server running on FreeBSD 3.2 soon. The server
>> > > will have the following hardware:
>> > >
>> > > 1. Intel 440GX Mainboard with:
>> > >         Intel 82558 Fast Ethernet 10/100
>> > > 2. Mylex BT958 SCSI host controller
>> > > 3. DAC960SX SCSI-to-SCSI disk array controller 5 channels 16MB RAM
>
>> Hmmm...the only hardware RAID drivers for FreeBSD I've seen any mention
of
>> are for DPT.
>
>With SCSI<-->SCSI RAID controllers, you don't need drivers.  The RAID
>controller just sits on the SCSI bus and does its work.  Typically it
>appears to the OS as just one big disk, although that is of course
>configurable based on the number of volumes that are configured in
>the RAID.  I've had good luck with the Infortrend SCSI-SCSI RAID
>controllers, which are less expensive than most.

Uhmmm... Well... Has ANYONE been able to boot FreeBSD w/ *ANY* DAC960's?
I have been told that DAC960's are not supported. I've also not been able to
boot a freebsd machine with mylex drives attached.... I'm using linux on the
machines that have the controllers.

vaevictus@socket.net



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