Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:08:23 -0500 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Promise RAID card? Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030417120346.01b34d98@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <12537337.1050599767@cat> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0304171151460.7134-100000@thunder.xecu.net> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0304171151460.7134-100000@thunder.xecu.net>
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I don't know about the SX6000, but I have one on a motherboard (can't recall what model), I think the Promise TX2000, that works fine. the GENERIC kernel recognized it and configured it for a RAID 1 (striping 2-80 gigs for a total of 160 gigs)... It boots just fine off of that one. Peter At 05:16 PM 4/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: >--On 17 April 2003 11:53 -0400 Chris McGee <chris@xecu.net> wrote: > >> >>Has anyone successfully used the Promise SX6000 card with FreeBSD 4.7? If >>so, what kind of configuration are you using? > >Bah, and as someone's just reminded me - you can't boot FreeBSD off it >without building a bespoke boot floppy, as it's not in the generic kernel >AFAIK... > >-Kp >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.
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