Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:34:19 -0500 From: ravi pina <ravi@cow.org> To: Thomas Coppens <thomas.coppens@advalvas.be> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, efortenb@sdccd.cc.ca.us Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID Message-ID: <20011108183419.E97368@happy.cow.org> In-Reply-To: <004901c1688e$a99b3350$0202a8c0@alfa>; from thomas.coppens@advalvas.be on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:50:42PM %2B0100 References: <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B93453A8F5F@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us> <004901c1688e$a99b3350$0202a8c0@alfa>
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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:50:42PM +0100, Thomas Coppens said at one point in time: > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > hardware@FreeBSD.ORG] Namens Erin Fortenberry > > Verzonden: donderdag 8 november 2001 20:14 > > Aan: 'Thomas Coppens'; freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > Onderwerp: RE: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID > > > > This is because FreeBSD does not (as far as I know) support RAID on > the > > promise cards/chips. > > > > If this has changed I'd really like to know. > > Well, the Promise chips are supposed to work... I took this from the > FreeBSD website: > > <PASTE> > 3.1 Disk Controllers IDE/ATA controllers ( ata(4) driver) > - Promise ATA100 OEM chip (pdc20265) > - Promise Fasttrak-33, -66, -100 > - Promise Ultra-33, -66, -100 > </PASTE> > > FreeBSD does find the array, it just gives a timeout... i got this same card and wanted to do a 0+1 config. my biggest problem was to get the array to be stable. secondary to that was my ide cable had to be custom made (>18") and i was getting errors from that. after many emails back and forth with the promise driver author, i ended up buying 3ware's raid card on his reccomendation. this card does true raid and has 4 (or 8) channels. it also handles hot-swap with grace. it was 2.5x more expensive, but the saying "you get what you pay for" holds true here. also, while the cards are supported, i believe that support is just for a jbod configuration, not raid. -r -- echo "send pgp key" | mail ravi@cow.org "I am." is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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