From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 21 09:43:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA08417 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:43:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.calweb.com (mx.calweb.com [208.131.56.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA08411 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:43:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdugaue@calweb.com) Received: by mx.calweb.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id JAA28196; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:42:04 -0700 (PDT) X-SMTP: helo web2.calweb.com from rdugaue@calweb.com server rdugaue@web2.calweb.com ip 208.131.56.52 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:42:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Du Gaue To: Bob K cc: Johann Visagie , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID IDE controller support? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Just a quick question (haven't tested it yet, waiting for a drive). Is > > > the Promise FastTrak controller supported under FreeBSD-3.0? > > > > I sincerely doubt it. AFAIK, the only RAID HBAs currently supported are > > those by DPT. It's my understanding from reading about this, that the IDE raid solutions via a controller are doing this such that the RAID activities are transparent to the OS making them more like a SCSI-to-SCSI RAID device then a Hardware based driver dependant controller. > > Well, I suppose I'll try it and see. I'll post my results when I get 'em. > > melange@yip.org - "Slightly tacky but completely entertaining" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message