From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 2 14:35:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel2.hp.com (atlrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B005037B87F for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 14:35:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gene_dinkey@hp.com) Received: from amrelay2.boi.hp.com (amrelay2.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.41]) by atlrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E13B4CA; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 17:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xboibrg2.boi.hp.com (xboibrg2.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.172]) by amrelay2.boi.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with SMTP id PAA16021; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 15:35:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 15.56.8.172 by xboibrg2.boi.hp.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Sun, 02 Jul 2000 15:35:06 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Received: by xboibrg2.boi.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Sun, 2 Jul 2000 15:35:06 -0600 Message-ID: From: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" To: "'Shawn Ramsey'" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RAID Controllers Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 15:35:04 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If your running hardware RAID the array each logical volume on the array is presented to both the BIOS and the OS as being a single disk. The RAID controller handles addressing to the physical disks. After hardware RAID is set up (through the controllers firmware) you should be able to go about installing the operating system normaly, asuming you have a supported chipset. You would need to check the hardware compatibility list at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/hw.html Enjoy Gene >-----Original Message----- >From: Shawn Ramsey [mailto:shawn@megadeth.org] >Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 3:22 PM >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RAID Controllers > > >Are there any RAID controllers that FreeBSD 3.4 or 4.0 is capable of >booting off of? If not, would it be possible to put the entire system >(including / ) on the RAID, and say boot from a floppy? > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message