From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 5 3:34:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE10037B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:34:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from thea.blinkenlights.nl (thea.blinkenlights.nl [62.58.162.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B380543EBE for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:34:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: by thea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 667B439305; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:34:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EB49D581; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:34:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:34:18 +0100 (CET) From: Sten To: Oliver Lehmann Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable RAID Controllers In-Reply-To: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Message-ID: References: <20021205095031.38939cbf.lehmann@ans-netz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > i'm wondering if there are SCSI RAID Controllers which are bootable in my > PC164LX System? Sombody own such a Controller? Or can't the system boot > from a RAID Controller? Can I use a RAID controller then with a booted > FreeBSD? Or is a RAID Controller unusable in any way with my Alpha? Wether a raid controller is bootable depends on the srm support. I guess some compaq/dec controllers should work. Once FreeBSD is booted most raid controllers will work. Booting from ide/floppy is usally the easiest way. -- Sten Spans "What does one do with ones money, when there is no more empty rackspace ?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message