From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Feb 18 8:17:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from loki.intrepid.net (intrepid.net [204.71.127.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE851160B for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:17:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@loki.intrepid.net) Received: (from mark@localhost) by loki.intrepid.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA12462; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:57 -0500 Message-ID: <19990218111657.A2374@intrepid.net> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:16:57 -0500 From: Mark Conway Wirt To: Grant Beckerleg , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT's Storage Manager and FreeBSD References: <004301be5b1e$e3180020$0602cfc2@gromit.uk1.vbc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <004301be5b1e$e3180020$0602cfc2@gromit.uk1.vbc.net>; from Grant Beckerleg on Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:13:01AM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org We use the DPT on a linux box. We don't have any DOS partitions -- just make a DOS boot floppy. When you need to access the storage manager, boot from the floppy and put the storage manager disk in. It's a bit of a hassle that you can't access storage manager without bringing the machine down, but you will on;y need to do that *very* infrequently... --Mark On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 09:13:01AM -0000, Grant Beckerleg wrote: > Hello there, > Can anyone shed any light on the following > situation? > > I am in the process of experimenting with RAID and have built a > machine using a DPT 3334UW RAID controller and running FreeBSD3.0. > This DPT product comes with software, for building and managing RAID > array configurations, called Storage Manager. > > This software is not supplied with FreeBSD in mind and DPT's manual > suggests that a dos partition is used as the home of this software. > > We do not want FreeBSD3.0 running on top of dos. > > Has anyone had experience of this situation/software? > > As I am very new to FreeBSD I would be very happy if someone could > point me in the right direction. > > Rgds. > > Grant Beckerleg VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net > tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message