From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jun 23 03:33:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA14014 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 03:33:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA14004 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 03:33:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA22628; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:32:09 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id MAA16988; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:32:02 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980623123201.24882@follo.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:32:01 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, Chris Parry Cc: freebsd-SCSI@FreeBSD.ORG, alex@nac.net, Tom Subject: Re: DPT support binaries - How to Setup References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Simon Shapiro on Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 07:31:29PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 07:31:29PM -0400, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Is there another way you all would recommend? Perhaps just doing > > everything from floppy and then RAID-1 the scsi drives (and just forget > > IDE), then install DOS and Freebsd? > > Yup. If you use a mirroring/RAID controller (they ARE available for IDE), > then the O/S, and even the BIOS are not aware of the mirror, and the > copying is done automatically. Here are the two I've found - if someone else has a source, please come with it :-) Tekram (PCI, $102 to $116, depending on outlet): http://www.shopper.com/prdct/657/24.html Note: A whole series of adapters are described at http://www.tekram.com/hot_products.asp?Product=DC-600_Series These controllers also do caching, and require a minimum of 4MB cache. They are available in ISA, EISA, and PCI versions. There is somewhat conflicting descriptions on the web site as to how transparent they are (both references to the "Windows NT driver" and "totally transparent to the operating system") Data Technology (IDE, $78 to $91 depending on outlet): http://www.shopper.com/prdct/049/28.html Note: Data Technology no longer advertise this product on their webpages, which may mean it is being discontinued. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message