From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 22:30:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B1816A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:30:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (fia148-72.dsl.hccnet.nl [62.251.72.148]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D69843D1F for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:30:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iBMMUBe13926; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:30:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:30:10 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Peterhin In-Reply-To: <200412221713.40345.hindrich@worldchat.com> Message-ID: References: <200412221713.40345.hindrich@worldchat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial ATA? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:30:25 -0000 On Dec 22, Peterhin launched this into the bitstream: > I would like to move over to FreeBSD from Linux, only been there for a year. > > I am starting at groung zero. I have read the hardware list for 4.9 STABLE and > 5.2.1 RELEASE. All I can find in 3.1 "Disk Controller with Promise ATA100/133 > OEM chip (pdc20265/69) I am using a ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard, with a > Promise PDC20378 Raid Controller and a Western Digital Serial ATA H.D. Will > FreeBSD work.? I don't mean this in either a bad or saracstic way whatsoever, but more in the spirit of "give it a shot and see what happens"......so......... Give it a shot and see what happens. You won't lose anything by taking that approach, if the RAID controller is *not* recognized you won't be able to commence an installation. Write your data to CD/DVD first, then "go for it" Honestly, I can't think of a method more certain to verify whether or not your RAID controller is supported. While you're at it, go for 5.3-RELEASE...why stop at the earlier version? There *is* mention (of course) of the Promise RAID controller at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/relnotes-i386.html#PROC and it looks sorta hopeful for you. and I quote; [snip] The ata(4) driver now supports cardbus(4) ATA/SATA controllers. A number of bugs in the ata(4) driver have been fixed. Most notably, master/slave device detection should work better, and some problems with timeouts should be resolved. The ata(4) driver now supports the Promise command sequencer present on all modern Promise controllers (PDC203** PDC206**). Note: This also adds preliminary support for the Promise SX4/SX4000 as a ``normal'' Promise ATA controller; ATA RAID's are supported, but only RAID0, RAID1, and RAID0+1 [/snip] Good luck! and do please let us know if you were successful or not. Regards, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven Wed Dec 22 23:27:00 CET 2004 11:27PM up 6 days, 4:17, 8 users, load averages: 1.40, 1.29, 1.26