From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 8:25:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ecad.org (ecad.org [216.110.45.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBB237B50C for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 08:25:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crypt0genic@ecad.org) Received: (from crypt0genic@localhost) by ecad.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA55442 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 May 2000 16:30:58 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from crypt0genic) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 16:30:58 +0100 From: crypt0genic To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: hardware specs for large web site Message-ID: <20000507163058.B55399@ecad.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1us Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we currently have in place is as follows: Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard disks running apache/php3 and SSL Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running Informix The client wants to up the specs for when they start their marketing to ensure that the site stays fast. Im thinking about what would be the best thing todo. Add a second HTTP server and use load balancing, or add a seconf Database server and have load sharing between them. If I was to up the specs for the http server what would be better, more RAM or faster CPU? As for the database server I think I will need to put more RAM in there anyway, up it to 768, what about CPU? Should I up the CPU or add a extra database mirror server? All comments are appreciated, Please CC me as I am not on freebsd-hardware -Emil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 8:50: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail-smtp.socket.net (mail-smtp.socket.net [216.106.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F0C37B50C for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 08:49:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nathanm@socket.net) Received: from socket.net (mailcore10.socket.net [216.106.1.115]) by mail-smtp.socket.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA09446 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 23:53:04 -0500 Received: from socket.net ([216.106.1.115]) by socket.net ; Sun, 07 May 2000 10:49:50 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 15:49:50 -0000 To: crypt0genic , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware specs for large web site From: Nathan Mahon X-Mailer: TWIG 2.2.3 Reply-To: nathanm@socket.net Message-ID: <95771459101@mail.socket.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Depends on your load... if the CPU load isn't extreme, your bottleneck will probably be your SCSI... You might want to consider RAID. More RAM, IMHO, would be better for the http server, as opposed to more CPU, but this also depends what you're calculating.... I kinda doubt your doing Gaussians on the http server... I'd say more CPU on the Database server, and dual would be a really good idea, depending on which DB you're using... my $0.0199. n8 crypt0genic said: > > > > Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we currently have in place is as follows: > > Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard disks running apache/php3 and SSL > Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running Informix > > The client wants to up the specs for when they start their marketing to ensure that the site stays fast. Im thinking about what would be the best thing todo. Add a second HTTP server and use load balancing, or add a seconf Database server and have load sharing between them. > > If I was to up the specs for the http server what would be better, more RAM or faster CPU? > > As for the database server I think I will need to put more RAM in there anyway, up it to 768, what about CPU? Should I up the CPU or add a extra database mirror server? > > All comments are appreciated, > > Please CC me as I am not on freebsd-hardware > > -Emil > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 10:42:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ecad.org (ecad.org [216.110.45.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB8837B773 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 10:42:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crypt0genic@ecad.org) Received: (from crypt0genic@localhost) by ecad.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA55862; Sun, 7 May 2000 18:47:57 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from crypt0genic) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 18:47:57 +0100 From: crypt0genic To: Nathan Mahon Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware specs for large web site Message-ID: <20000507184757.E55399@ecad.org> References: <95771459101@mail.socket.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1us In-Reply-To: <95771459101@mail.socket.net>; from nathanm@socket.net on Sun, May 07, 2000 at 03:49:50PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Nathan, It's a bit vague because the site isnt even live yet :) Basically my client is getting all worked up and is throwing money at the problem to make it go away. I have decided to advise him that we should up the specs now instead of adding more servers, that way when the site goes live we can monitor it closely and take appropriat actions. Thnx for the response, it really helped me out. Regards, -Emil * Nathan Mahon (nathanm@socket.net) [000507 16:56]: > Depends on your load... > if the CPU load isn't extreme, your bottleneck will probably be your SCSI... > You might want to consider RAID. > > > More RAM, IMHO, would be better for the http server, as opposed to more CPU, > but this also depends what you're calculating.... I kinda doubt your doing > Gaussians on the http server... > > I'd say more CPU on the Database server, and dual would be a really good idea, > depending on which DB you're using... > > my $0.0199. > > n8 > > > > > > > crypt0genic said: > > > > > > > > > Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we > currently have in place is as follows: > > > > Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard > disks running apache/php3 and SSL > > Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running > Informix > > > > The client wants to up the specs for when they start their marketing to > ensure that the site stays fast. Im thinking about what would be the best > thing todo. Add a second HTTP server and use load balancing, or add a seconf > Database server and have load sharing between them. > > > > If I was to up the specs for the http server what would be better, more RAM > or faster CPU? > > > > As for the database server I think I will need to put more RAM in there > anyway, up it to 768, what about CPU? Should I up the CPU or add a extra > database mirror server? > > > > All comments are appreciated, > > > > Please CC me as I am not on freebsd-hardware > > > > -Emil > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 14:38: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-202-176-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C4AF37B5B3 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 14:37:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA11915; Sun, 7 May 2000 14:46:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005072146.OAA11915@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: crypt0genic Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware specs for large web site In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 May 2000 16:30:58 BST." <20000507163058.B55399@ecad.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 14:46:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Simulate increased user load and watch the system(s). Anything else is going to be pure speculation (read - a waste of money). > Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we currently have in place is as follows: > > Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard disks running apache/php3 and SSL > Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running Informix > > The client wants to up the specs for when they start their marketing to ensure that the site stays fast. Im thinking about what would be the best thing todo. Add a second HTTP server and use load balancing, or add a seconf Database server and have load sharing between them. > > If I was to up the specs for the http server what would be better, more RAM or faster CPU? > > As for the database server I think I will need to put more RAM in there anyway, up it to 768, what about CPU? Should I up the CPU or add a extra database mirror server? > > All comments are appreciated, > > Please CC me as I am not on freebsd-hardware > > -Emil > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 20:13:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from newmail.spectraweb.ch (newmail.spectraweb.ch [194.158.230.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 992BF37BBF8 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 20:13:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from flaviocu@swix.ch) Received: from u-turn.noway.org (194.230.212.33) by newmail.spectraweb.ch for ; 8 May 2000 05:13:15 +0200 Message-ID: <391630cc39584761@newmail.spectraweb.ch> (added by newmail.spectraweb.ch) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 From: flaviocu@swix.ch To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Reply-To: flaviocu@swix.ch Subject: atapi-cd-changer under 4.0-release X-Mailer: CSCMail v1.6.0 Date: 08 May 2000 05:13:00 CEST Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi i have a 4xatapi cd-changer... it get's detected by freebsd: May 8 06:03:53 noway /kernel: acd0-3: CDROM with 4 CD changer at ata1-master using PIO3 i MAKEDEV'd /dev/acd1-3... but when i try to mount cdroms from anything else than acd0 i get: 9660: Device not configured... any help is appreciated & thanks Flavio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon May 8 10:29:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ricky.ssg.gunter.af.mil (RICKY.SSG.gunter.af.mil [143.158.254.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B25B537BA6C for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 10:29:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from John.Hubbard@Gunter.AF.mil) Received: from mfil.terminal (mfil@localhost) by ricky.ssg.gunter.af.mil with SMTP id MAA15360 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 12:23:40 -0500 (CDT) From: John.Hubbard@Gunter.AF.mil Received: from fsjubj02.ssg.gunter.af.mil (fsjubj02.gunter.af.mil [143.158.17.102]) by ricky.ssg.gunter.af.mil with ESMTP id MAA15316 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 12:22:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: by fsjubj02.gunter.af.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 8 May 2000 12:22:20 -0500 Message-ID: To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq Proliant 6500R Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 12:22:24 -0500 X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, I have a Compaq Proliant 6500R (2x 500Mhz Xeon, 256MB RAM) that I'm setting up as a web server. I had no problems getting 3.4R installed a few months ago, but I never could get SMP working properly. It would only recognize PCI devices in the first expansion slot with an SMP kernel. Now, I've added a Compaq SmartArray 3200 RAID controller to the machine, which is detected by the 4.0 sysinstall, fdisked, makefs, and then has all of the distribution untarred onto one of the logical arrays, but when I try to boot from the hard disk it says that it can't load '/kernel', it's an invalid module format. Has anyone else seen this problem? Please respond or cc me, I'm already tracking freebsd-smp. 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M````1````#Q!04(T-T4X-D,W,C%$-#$Q0CDV0C`P.3`R-T(Q,44T1C0P0S0P @04!F; Mon, 8 May 2000 10:41:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zeus@iai.donetsk.ua) Received: (from zeus@localhost) by iai.donetsk.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/Iai/Zeus) id UAA09325 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 8 May 2000 20:39:56 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 20:39:56 +0300 From: Zeus V Panchenko To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Q] S3Virge and allscreens_flags="132x43" ... Message-ID: <20000508203956.A9276@iai.donetsk.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD iai.donetsk.ua 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-Editor: Vi IMproved Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi All! Please, can any body tell me, is it feature or bug... I have S3Virge/DX with 2MB and enjoy console mode 132x43, when i seting allscreens_flags="132x43" in rc.conf, than while shuting X server i receive black screen ... if i set console vith vidcontrol, than all right ... I tried S3Virge/GE with 4MB, there all things fine ... Does anybody had such a problem? please -- ______ ____ ___ ___ ______ ____ /_/__ \/ / / /_/ ___/ _/__/_/ ___/ /_/ /_(__ ) phone:+380.62.3370170 /____/\___/\__,_/_/____/ mailto:zeus@iai.dn.ua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon May 8 11:46:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C332337B5E8 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 11:46:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA07606; Mon, 8 May 2000 14:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:45:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: John.Hubbard@Gunter.AF.mil Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 6500R In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 8 May 2000 John.Hubbard@Gunter.AF.mil wrote: > Now, I've added a Compaq SmartArray 3200 RAID controller to the > machine, which is detected by the 4.0 sysinstall, fdisked, makefs, and > then has all of the distribution untarred onto one of the logical > arrays, but when I try to boot from the hard disk it says that it > can't load '/kernel', it's an invalid module format. Has anyone else > seen this problem? Please respond or cc me, I'm already tracking > freebsd-smp. TIA. This was fixed recently in 4.0-STABLE. Try one of the recent snapshots at: releng4.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/ -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 9 4:19:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5315137B639; Tue, 9 May 2000 04:19:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA19617; Tue, 9 May 2000 13:19:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Netfinity 5600 patches From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 09 May 2000 13:19:07 +0200 Message-ID: Lines: 8 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I still have uncommitted patches that add support for the Netfinity 5600's host-to-PCI bridge. They're not perfect, but they work fine. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 9 21:10:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.one.net (mail2.one.net [206.112.192.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D54637B6E1; Tue, 9 May 2000 21:10:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from activex1@one.net) Received: from ztown1-1-51.adsl.one.net ([207.78.254.51] EHLO activex-dev.com ident: IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 40189]) by mail2.one.net with ESMTP id <245467-1623>; Wed, 10 May 2000 00:10:17 -0400 Message-ID: <39188CAB.36952E40@activex-dev.com> From: Sam Carleton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.13-SMP i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: drivers for the 3ware IDE RAID card Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:10:15 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I was wondering... I have not seen the 3ware IDE RAID card in the list of supported hardware. Does anyone know if there is an effort anywhere to get drivers working for it? 3ware DOES release the source to their Linux drivers. Could someone give me some tips on how to port the drivers to FreeBSD? If I do this, will it be excepted by the authorities of FreeBSD? Sam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 9 22:36:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-202-176-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9375737B7CA; Tue, 9 May 2000 22:36:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA22017; Tue, 9 May 2000 22:36:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005100536.WAA22017@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Sam Carleton Cc: FreeBSD-Questions , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: drivers for the 3ware IDE RAID card In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 May 2000 00:10:15 EDT." <39188CAB.36952E40@activex-dev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 22:36:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I was wondering... I have not seen the 3ware IDE RAID card in the list > of supported hardware. Does anyone know if there is an effort anywhere > to get drivers working for it? 3ware DOES release the source to their > Linux drivers. Could someone give me some tips on how to port the > drivers to FreeBSD? If I do this, will it be excepted by the > authorities of FreeBSD? I should have something going by the end of tonight; probe and attach is working but I'm not getting I/O interrupts (my mistake, I'm fairly sure). I'd hope by the end of the week that the Linux binary version of their control program will work too, although that's not so certain. I may need to negotiate for the sources for that. As for porting the driver - a "few tips" wouldn't help you. The driver's GPLed and not really something that would port well, so even if you did port it you'd still not be greeted with much enthusiasm. At any rate, keep your eyes on http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID; I'll post the first version (for -current only) up there as soon as I think it's not going to skin your cat. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 4:58: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from glenan.cyber-networks.fr (glenan.cyber-networks.fr [194.98.82.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA3137B69C for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 04:58:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpassera@cyber-networks.fr) Received: from cyber-networks.fr ([192.168.4.70]) by glenan.cyber-networks.fr (Netscape Messaging Server 3.62) with ESMTP id 256 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 14:05:46 +0200 Message-ID: <39195621.F55FBB9C@cyber-networks.fr> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:29:21 +0200 From: Fabrice Passera Organization: Cyber Networks X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [fr] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: fr-FR,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: pci modem / Elsa Microlink 56k pci Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I wonder if it is possible to use this modem under FreeBSD. Elsa does not provide a driver. I saw a driver under Linux. Does someone use this modem successfuly ? My concern is to avoid the use of serial port for the modem. It appears that pci modems are not so easely supported than modem connected to serial ports. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 8:28:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from exmta2.rjf.com (exmta2.rjf.com [170.12.31.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BACD37B655; Wed, 10 May 2000 08:27:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ICartwright@IT.RJF.com) Received: by exmta2.rjf.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:27:55 -0400 Message-ID: <6D5097D4B56AD31190D50008C7B1579B91201D@EXLAN5> From: Ian Cartwright To: "FreeBSD Hardware (E-mail)" , "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: USB Zip drive Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:27:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello All! I have a USB 250 MB Zip drive that I would like to use with my FreeBSD workstation. But there is a problem when I hook it up: it is detected before my SCSI devices are. It therefore becomes da0 which is a Bad Thing since that is where my root partition is supposed to be. Therefore I would like to be able to either a) have it detected _after_ my SCSI devices or b) be able to hot plug it. Does anyone know how I might go about accomplishing either a or b? Thanks! Ian Cartwright Senior Engineer Raymond James Associates icartwright@it.rjf.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 8:43:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from net1.gendyn.com (nat1.gendyn.com [204.60.171.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77B8237B6D4 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 08:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eischen@vigrid.com) Received: from [153.11.11.3] (helo=plunger.gdeb.com) by net1.gendyn.com with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12pYdn-0009i7-00 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:43:16 -0400 Received: from orion.caen.gdeb.com ([153.11.109.11]) by plunger.gdeb.com with ESMTP id LAA01350 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:20:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vigrid.com (clcrtr [153.11.109.129]) by orion.caen.gdeb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA63315 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:37:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from eischen@vigrid.com) Message-ID: <3919821E.30AFA568@vigrid.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:37:02 -0400 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Best supported multiport ethernet card? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I'm looking for a 2 or 4 port (preferably 4 port) 10/100 ethernet card that is able to do full-duplex under 4-stable. I'm not concerned with performance as much as I am with the driver being maintained. We've got a Rod Grimes built router (thanks Rod!) that's been running happily for a few years with a ZNYX (DEC 21140A based) quad port ethernet card. None of its current interfaces are full-duplex, which is good because all the reports I've seen in the mailing lists indicate that these cards can't do full-duplexing with the de driver in FreeBSD. I'd like to go with an Intel fxp based or BP (didn't realize Bill Paul was a chip!) based card, since the drivers for these cards seem to be better maintained. I also want to be able to do full-duplexing. Anyone have any luck with the Adaptec Quartet64 (ANA-62044) with the sf driver? I'm also in the market for a GB (1000BaseSX) card. Anyone have any problems with the SysKonnect SK9843 or SK9844 and the sk driver? Thanks, -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 8:47:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C11737B6D4; Wed, 10 May 2000 08:47:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA10689; Wed, 10 May 2000 10:47:13 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:47:13 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Ian Cartwright Cc: "FreeBSD Hardware (E-mail)" , "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: Re: USB Zip drive Message-ID: <20000510104713.A4587@dan.emsphone.com> References: <6D5097D4B56AD31190D50008C7B1579B91201D@EXLAN5> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.14i In-Reply-To: <6D5097D4B56AD31190D50008C7B1579B91201D@EXLAN5>; from "Ian Cartwright" on Wed May 10 11:27:54 GMT 2000 X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In the last episode (May 10), Ian Cartwright said: > Hello All! > > I have a USB 250 MB Zip drive that I would like to use with my > FreeBSD workstation. But there is a problem when I hook it up: it is > detected before my SCSI devices are. It therefore becomes da0 which > is a Bad Thing since that is where my root partition is supposed to > be. Therefore I would like to be able to either a) have it detected > _after_ my SCSI devices or b) be able to hot plug it. Does anyone > know how I might go about accomplishing either a or b? You have a couple choices for a) 1. wire down your devices in your kernel config so each physical device (bus 1, id 1, lun 0) always appears as the same logical device (da0, etc). see LINT for examples. 2. shuffle the SCSI IDs so your ZIP has a higher ID 3. edit /etc/fstab and change the mountpoints to reflect the fact that your drives have moved. for b), make sure your scsi bus is idle, plug ZIP thing in and run "camcontrol rescan". This is dangerous, since you have a chance of zapping hardware. I've done it successfully a number of times, but don't recommend others do it :) Alternatively, you can hook the ZIP drive up but just leave it off until the system is booted. Then turn it on and run "camcontrol rescan". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 8:51:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92B5737B6C1 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 08:51:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: (qmail 6310 invoked by uid 1001); 10 May 2000 15:51:21 +0000 (GMT) To: eischen@vigrid.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best supported multiport ethernet card? From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 May 2000 11:37:02 -0400" References: <3919821E.30AFA568@vigrid.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:51:21 +0200 Message-ID: <6308.957973881@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'd like to go with an Intel fxp based or BP (didn't realize > Bill Paul was a chip!) based card, since the drivers for > these cards seem to be better maintained. I also want to > be able to do full-duplexing. The Intel two-port server cards have been workin well for us, both with 3.4-STABLE and 4.0-STABLE: fxp0: port 0x3100-0x311f mem 0xfe800000-0xfe8fffff,0xfea00000-0xfea00fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci1 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:d0:b7:5f:b7:a8 fxp1: port 0x3120-0x313f mem 0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff,0xfea01000-0xfea01fff irq 18 at device 5.0 on pci1 fxp1: Ethernet address 00:d0:b7:5f:b7:a9 Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 9:36: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from watson.grauel.com (watson.grauel.com [199.233.104.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A13C37B8B5 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:35:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jjr@sparcmill.grauel.com) Received: from sparcmill.grauel.com (sparcmill.grauel.com [199.233.104.34]) by watson.grauel.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA20248 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:35:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jjr@sparcmill.grauel.com) Received: by sparcmill.grauel.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA22457; Wed, 10 May 2000 11:33:10 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:33:10 -0500 Message-Id: <200005101633.LAA22457@sparcmill.grauel.com> From: John J Rieser MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "Re: USB Zip drive" X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Talk about timing! I was just mucking around with a 100MB USB Zip myself and asking similar questions... > Dan Nelson writes: > > You have a couple choices for a) > > 1. wire down your devices in your kernel config so each physical device > (bus 1, id 1, lun 0) always appears as the same logical device (da0, > etc). see LINT for examples. I've checked the LINT file and it explained this as though I have a SCSI controller installed. What if the USB zip drive is used in a machine that doesn't have a SCSI controller? Same LINT code apply? I'd don't want to plug/unplug everytime the machine boots/reboots..Is this possible? > 2. shuffle the SCSI IDs so your ZIP has a higher ID ??? I'm not sure, but I don't believe my USB zip has a SCSI ID switch/shunt/jumper/etc...Sorry if this sounds silly, but what exactly do you mean here? What kernel config args are you suggesting? > 3. edit /etc/fstab and change the mountpoints to reflect the fact that > your drives have moved. > > for b), make sure your scsi bus is idle, plug ZIP thing in and run > "camcontrol rescan". This is dangerous, since you have a chance of > zapping hardware. I've done it successfully a number of times, but > don't recommend others do it :) Alternatively, you can hook the ZIP > drive up but just leave it off until the system is booted. Then turn > it on and run "camcontrol rescan". I thought USB devices were "hot-swapable"? Apologies to all for the newbie questions! John J. Rieser jjr@grauel.com PO Box 6249 Tel: (765)477-6000 \ 100 Sawmill Road x327 Lafayette, IN 47903 (800)489-4891 / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 10:46:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from herbelot.dyndns.org (r148m178.cybercable.tm.fr [195.132.148.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B229B37B55E for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 10:46:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from herbelot@cybercable.fr) Received: from cybercable.fr (multi.herbelot.nom [192.168.1.2]) by herbelot.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA10766; Wed, 10 May 2000 19:47:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from herbelot@cybercable.fr) Message-ID: <39199F1D.AF2DC6B6@cybercable.fr> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:40:45 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: eischen@vigrid.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best supported multiport ethernet card? References: <3919821E.30AFA568@vigrid.com> <6308.957973881@verdi.nethelp.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I'm usng at work a 4-port card by D-LINK (DFE570-TX, IIRC), based on the newer 21143 chipset. It works very fine (even 100Mbps full-duplex on all 4 ports simultaneously). Beware of the on-board PCI bridge chip : this board won't work behind another PCI-PCI bridge. TfH sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > I'd like to go with an Intel fxp based or BP (didn't realize > > Bill Paul was a chip!) based card, since the drivers for > > these cards seem to be better maintained. I also want to > > be able to do full-duplexing. > > The Intel two-port server cards have been workin well for us, both with > 3.4-STABLE and 4.0-STABLE: > > fxp0: port 0x3100-0x311f mem 0xfe800000-0xfe8fffff,0xfea00000-0xfea00fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci1 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:d0:b7:5f:b7:a8 > fxp1: port 0x3120-0x313f mem 0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff,0xfea01000-0xfea01fff irq 18 at device 5.0 on pci1 > fxp1: Ethernet address 00:d0:b7:5f:b7:a9 > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- Thierry Herbelot ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN /"\ Dir. technique LUCCAS AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS \ / tout le cable sur http://www.luccas.org PAS DE HTML DANS X un CV : http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot LES COURRIELS / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 10 10:52: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A841C37B880; Wed, 10 May 2000 10:51:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA06858; Wed, 10 May 2000 13:51:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200005101751.NAA06858@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6D5097D4B56AD31190D50008C7B1579B91201D@EXLAN5> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:51:51 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Ian Cartwright Subject: RE: USB Zip drive Cc: (E-mail) Cc: (E-mail) , (E-mail) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 10-May-00 Ian Cartwright wrote: > Hello All! > > I have a USB 250 MB Zip drive that I would like to use with my FreeBSD > workstation. But there is a problem when I hook it up: it is detected before > my SCSI devices are. It therefore becomes da0 which is a Bad Thing since > that is where my root partition is supposed to be. Therefore I would like to > be able to either a) have it detected _after_ my SCSI devices or b) be able > to hot plug it. Does anyone know how I might go about accomplishing either a > or b? USB is hot pluggable. Just plug it in after the machine boots. However, for the real solution to your problem, hardwire da0 to your system drive. For example, on a test machine I'm using, the system drive is on sym0, so I have this in my kernel config (for -current, -stable is a little different, look in LINT for details): device sym0 # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets) device scbus0 at sym0 device da0 at scbus0 > Thanks! > > Ian Cartwright > Senior Engineer > Raymond James Associates > icartwright@it.rjf.com -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 11 10: 7:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from www17.gmx.net (www.gmx.net [194.221.183.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DE3037BB6E for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 10:07:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kbert@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 14152 invoked by uid 0); 11 May 2000 17:07:43 -0000 Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:07:43 +0200 (MEST) From: kbert@gmx.net To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Mylex DAC960LB X-Authenticated-Sender: #0004466835@gmx.net X-Authenticated-IP: [212.88.192.10] Message-ID: <13975.958064863@www17.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.5 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I want to install FreeBSD on my AlphaServer 1000 4/233. The boot-floppies brought the machine right up into the install-routine, but no disks where found. The RAID-Controller is a Mylex DAC960LB with NCR53C720 chipset. In the listing-archive there are several rather old docs concerning this controller, but what is the actual position? TIA, Bert. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 11 10:17:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8F137B973 for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 10:17:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA38015; Thu, 11 May 2000 11:17:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 11:17:13 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: "Daniel M. Eischen" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best supported multiport ethernet card? Message-ID: <20000511111713.A37963@panzer.kdm.org> References: <3919821E.30AFA568@vigrid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3919821E.30AFA568@vigrid.com>; from eischen@vigrid.com on Wed, May 10, 2000 at 11:37:02AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 11:37:02 -0400, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > I'm also in the market for a GB (1000BaseSX) card. Anyone > have any problems with the SysKonnect SK9843 or SK9844 and > the sk driver? I don't have any experience with the SysKonnect boards, but I would highly recommend an Alteon board. You can get the Netgear GA620 for about $310, and the 3Com 3c985B for about $675. Both are rebagded Alteon Tigon 2 boards. The difference is that the Netgear has 512K SRAM and the 3Com has 1MB SRAM. The Alteon boards support checksum offloading (the code is in -current in fact) and jumbo frames. I've got 15-20 boards, and have been pretty happy with them. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 11 12:38:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from inc.net (mailhost.inc.net [204.95.160.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 909B637B5B8 for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 12:38:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@inc.net) Received: from inc.net (niki.pwke.twtelecom.net [207.250.66.46]) by inc.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA06514; Thu, 11 May 2000 14:38:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <391B0B40.7B56D29E@inc.net> Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:34:24 -0500 From: Steve Kaczkowski Organization: Time Warner Telecom - IDD X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: crypt0genic Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware specs for large web site References: <20000507163058.B55399@ecad.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org crypt0genic wrote: > > Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we currently have in place is as follows: > > Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard disks running apache/php3 and SSL > Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running >Informix I'd also take a hard look at using Hardware RAID to insure data integrity. Specifically look at the Infortrend Sentinel series: http://www.infortrend.com/ Good luck.. -- Steve Kaczkowski Time Warner Telecom IDD steve@inc.net (414)908-9012 http://www.inc.net (603)737-9209 Fax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 11 16: 8:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1201937B9C3 for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 16:08:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA01574; Thu, 11 May 2000 16:08:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005112308.QAA01574@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: kbert@gmx.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mylex DAC960LB In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 2000 19:07:43 +0200." <13975.958064863@www17.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:08:56 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hello, > > I want to install FreeBSD on my AlphaServer 1000 4/233. The boot-floppies > brought the machine right up into the install-routine, but no disks where > found. The RAID-Controller is a Mylex DAC960LB with NCR53C720 chipset. Actually, the DAC960LB is the little widget that you plug into the battery-backup connector on a number of different Mylex controllers. > In the listing-archive there are several rather old docs concerning this > controller, but what is the actual position? Not actually knowing which controller you have, or whether you've configured it, it's hard to know what problem you actually have. My initial guess would be that you haven't yet actually built an array with the Mylex setup utility, and thus there are, indeed, no drives. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 12 10:15:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from scrabble.freeuk.net (scrabble.freeuk.net [212.126.144.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA4537B6E5 for ; Fri, 12 May 2000 10:15:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from searle@longacre.demon.co.uk) Received: from [212.126.147.5] (helo=longacre.demon.co.uk) by scrabble.freeuk.net with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 12qJ2B-0007NG-00 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 May 2000 18:15:31 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by longacre.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA02318; Fri, 12 May 2000 18:14:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from searle) Message-ID: <20000512181425.01513@longacre.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 18:14:25 +0100 From: Michael Searle To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Quantum DLT 2000 Reply-To: msearle@freeuk.com Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've heard about some problems running earlier DLT's with FreeBSD, so is anyone using this Quantum DLT 2000S? Any problems? It's cheaper than a lower capacity DAT, so it does look like a good deal... -- searle@longacre.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 12 10:36:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from rip.psg.com (rip.psg.com [147.28.0.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F024737B84E for ; Fri, 12 May 2000 10:36:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from randy by rip.psg.com with local (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12qJMn-00087C-00; Fri, 12 May 2000 10:36:49 -0700 From: Randy Bush MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Michael Searle Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quantum DLT 2000 References: <20000512181425.01513@longacre.demon.co.uk> Message-Id: Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:36:49 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org my drive keeps losing the leader and going in for rma. otherwise, it runs good as they say. randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 12 21:17:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mercury.campbell-mithun.com (Mercury.campbell-mithun.com [192.159.32.151]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD08037B834; Fri, 12 May 2000 21:17:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Received: from accord.grasslake.net (honda.grasslake.net [192.168.1.1]) by mercury.campbell-mithun.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA23726; Fri, 12 May 2000 23:16:36 -0500 Received: from k6 (k6.grasslake.net [192.168.2.1]) by accord.grasslake.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA26353; Fri, 12 May 2000 23:15:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Message-ID: <002c01bfbc92$2c4045c0$0102a8c0@k6> From: "Shawn Barnhart" To: , "Mike Smith" Cc: References: <200005112308.QAA01574@mass.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: Mylex DAC960LB Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 23:17:37 -0500 Organization: Grasslake.Net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Smith" | > I want to install FreeBSD on my AlphaServer 1000 4/233. The boot-floppies | > brought the machine right up into the install-routine, but no disks where | > found. The RAID-Controller is a Mylex DAC960LB with NCR53C720 chipset. | | > In the listing-archive there are several rather old docs concerning this | > controller, but what is the actual position? | | Not actually knowing which controller you have, or whether you've | configured it, it's hard to know what problem you actually have. My | initial guess would be that you haven't yet actually built an array with | the Mylex setup utility, and thus there are, indeed, no drives. Does the generic 4.0 setup floppy set have support for the DAC960 series? Mine didn't, I used a custom kernel from -STABLE which did. I was on x86, so maybe that makes a difference. By the way, Mike, how are you coming on the fixes for x86 DAC960? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 13 0:29:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-202-176-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3692637B53D; Sat, 13 May 2000 00:29:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA01488; Sat, 13 May 2000 00:29:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005130729.AAA01488@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Shawn Barnhart" Cc: kbert@gmx.net, "Mike Smith" , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mylex DAC960LB In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 May 2000 23:17:37 CDT." <002c01bfbc92$2c4045c0$0102a8c0@k6> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 00:29:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Does the generic 4.0 setup floppy set have support for the DAC960 > series? Yes; 3.x through 5.x firmware. > Mine didn't, I used a custom kernel from -STABLE which did. I > was on x86, so maybe that makes a difference. > > By the way, Mike, how are you coming on the fixes for x86 DAC960? Waiting for someone to test and report on the changes in -current before I backport to -stable. (Hint) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 13 13:45: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from scrabble.freeuk.net (scrabble.freeuk.net [212.126.144.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D6A637BFDA for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from searle@longacre.demon.co.uk) Received: from [212.126.149.248] (helo=longacre.demon.co.uk) by scrabble.freeuk.net with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 12qimP-0000B2-00 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 May 2000 21:44:58 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by longacre.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA05806; Sat, 13 May 2000 21:37:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from searle) Message-ID: <20000513213745.28329@longacre.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 21:37:45 +0100 From: Michael Searle To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Adaptec Ultra160 cards Reply-To: msearle@freeuk.com Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Is there support for the Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI cards (19160, 29160*, 39160)? In 4.0 or only in current? Thanks, Mike. -- msearle@freeuk.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 13 14: 7:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 736D837B962 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 14:07:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA21553; Sat, 13 May 2000 15:07:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 15:07:10 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Michael Searle Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec Ultra160 cards Message-ID: <20000513150710.A21526@panzer.kdm.org> References: <20000513213745.28329@longacre.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000513213745.28329@longacre.demon.co.uk>; from msearle@freeuk.com on Sat, May 13, 2000 at 09:37:45PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 21:37:45 +0100, Michael Searle wrote: > Is there support for the Adaptec Ultra160 > SCSI cards (19160, 29160*, 39160)? In 4.0 > or only in current? They are supported in both 4.0 and -current. The cards only run at 80MB/sec at the moment. If you want 160MB/sec, you'll need Justin's patches: http://people.FreeBSD.ORG/~gibbs/cam_aic7xxx_u160.diffs http://people.FreeBSD.ORG/~gibbs/aicasm_insformat.h Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 13 15:48:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from entropy.tmok.com (entropy.tmok.com [204.17.163.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20CEF37B6AD for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 15:48:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wonko@entropy.tmok.com) Received: (from wonko@localhost) by entropy.tmok.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA11227 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 May 2000 18:52:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Hechinger Message-Id: <200005132252.SAA11227@entropy.tmok.com> Subject: need recommendation on multiport 1oBase-T cards To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 18:52:56 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com X-Useless-Header: why? because i can. X-Organization: The Ministry of Knowledge X-Dreams: an OpenWin that is based on current MIT X11 releases X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i'm looking for 2 Quad 10Base-T PCI based cards. Half-Duplex is fine. i also need each port to have it's own MAC address. any recommendations? i'll be running 4.0-STABLE on it. thanks, -brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 13 19:45: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from entropy.tmok.com (entropy.tmok.com [204.17.163.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A1237BC15 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 19:44:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wonko@entropy.tmok.com) Received: (from wonko@localhost) by entropy.tmok.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA12715 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 May 2000 22:49:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Hechinger Message-Id: <200005140249.WAA12715@entropy.tmok.com> Subject: Gigabyte Motherboard To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 22:49:33 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com X-Useless-Header: why? because i can. X-Organization: The Ministry of Knowledge X-Dreams: an OpenWin that is based on current MIT X11 releases X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i've been looking at getting a Gigabyte GA-5AX motherboard to run FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE on (this is the same machine that will get the quad ethernet cards) anyone know how well supported the ALi Ultra DMA 33/66 Bus Master IDE driver is? thanks, -brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message