Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:26:23 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: tomdean@speakeasy.org Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install 8.2-Release AMD64 on Laptop with Raid0 Message-ID: <D0052936-F387-4B16-BE63-9B5D12178AFF@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1311099631.2262.20.camel@asus> References: <1311099631.2262.20.camel@asus>
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Hi-- On Jul 19, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > sysinstall shows 3 choices for disk drives. ad4(600G), ad6(600G), > ar0(RAID0) > > I want to use RAID0 and use the entire disk, partitioned by 'A'. > > Which disk do I select for installation? ar0 is the RAID-0 volume. However, I would advise against using Intel's Matrix pseudo-RAID for a boot volume, and I would also advise against using RAID-0 in most cases, unless you keep good backups. RAID-1 or RAID-10 are much safer-- use geom's gmirror. Regards, -- -Chuck
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