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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:04:12 +0100 (CET)
From:      Sten <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de>
Cc:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bootable RAID Controllers
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.50.0212051256580.749-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
References:  <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <Pine.SOL.4.50.0212051230280.749-100000@thea.blinkenlights.nl> <20021205125159.6aeac84c.lehmann@ans-netz.de>

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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Oliver Lehmann wrote:

> Sten wrote:
>
>
> > Once FreeBSD is booted most raid controllers will work.
> And how to configure the raid? Is it possible to move inside these
> Configuration Utilityat boottime to configure the RAID? Otherwise how
> should i use such a controller w/o the ability to configure the drives
> within the controller configuration utility...


Configure it on a pc.

> > Booting from ide/floppy is usally the easiest way.
> Actually the machine boots from a Tekram DC 390U2W (SYM-895) Controller.
> But i would like to have the whole Sysmtem on a RAID-5 Host drive.

You can put the kernel op the tekram and the system on raid5.
Otherwise you'll have to shop around for the correct scsi controller.
http://www.islandco.com/controller.htm is the first link I found :)

-- 
Sten Spans

  "What does one do with ones money,
   when there is no more empty rackspace ?"

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