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Date:      Wed, 27 Nov 2002 20:32:16 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-15?B?U/hyZW4gTmVpZ2FhcmQ=?= <neigaard@e-box.dk>
To:        "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re[2]: Need help with my new server hardware
Message-ID:  <8540574437.20021127203216@e-box.dk>
In-Reply-To: <200211271849.gARInH817187@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
References:  <200211271849.gARInH817187@lv.raad.tartu.ee>

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Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 7:47:53 PM, Toomas wrote:

TA> Hi!

>> The server has 16 4.3GB SCSII disks, and it seems to have 4 RAID
>> controllers (when I look at the RAID configuration tool, but please
>> correct me if I'm wrong). 

TA> I haven't really seen a 520, but if these RAID controllers are IBM 
TA> ServeRAID then I have a bit of bad news to you. These don't work with 
TA> FreeBSD. For god knows what reasons IBM seems to prefer Linux to 
TA> FreeBSD so Linux drivers are available but not FreeBSD.

Arrgh damn, I wish I was a hardcore C programmer, so I could make my
own driver. Well I guess I have to use Linux then, bugger :( I knew
that IBM haven't made a driver, but I was hoping that someone here
might.


TA> Regarding your specific hardware questions, have you tried www.ibm.com? 
TA> ISTR that quite a lot of information can be found there even for older 
TA> models, but it takes a lot of digging.

Yes I'm starting to find some data...

/Søren


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