Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:47:31 -0700 From: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> To: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 3ware Escalade 6200 RAID Controller Message-ID: <20010823194940.5CE4337B403@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <003c01c12c0b$1cf58780$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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Hmm, well this answers a long standing question. I never did find out if you could change the root device name once FreeBSD was installed. What happend was that after install BeOS, which required to be on the standard non-ata66 channel, I didnt switch channels and the device name became different. So there is no way to change device names? it seems so....not freebsd? if you know what I mean. - aaron --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com -----Original Message----- From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> To: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:37:58 -0700 Subject: RE: 3ware Escalade 6200 RAID Controller > Hi Aaron, > > After talking to their tech support this morning, I think I'm not going > to > use this controller mostly because it looks like a SCSI controller to > the > system, even though the drives are IDE. This means that the system > won't > boot since the filesystem names will be different. If I hadn't > installed > FBSD yet, I would definitely use 3ware. This is a production server and > I > can't afford to have it down for more than a couple of hours to get > things > running. > > I'm wary of the Promise controller because I've heard it can change the > perceived drive geometry and then your system won't boot. > > I may go ahead with the ARCO. It is a total transparent RAID controller > that > sits in between your IDE controller and the drive. The only down side > to it > is that it does not provide any performance improvements like the other > two > controllers do. > > Kory > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aaron [mailto:click46@webpimps.net] > > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:45 AM > > To: kory@avatar.com > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: 3ware Escalade 6200 RAID Controller > > Importance: High > > > > > > Hello, > > I have heard many good thigs of all 3ware cards under FreeBSD and > only > > one person having difficulty, which is in the middle of being > resolved > > right now. [take a peek at the -hardware list archives to see what I > > mean]. > > > > I'd like to know your experiences with this card, so feel free to > shoot > > off an email to me personally when you get the chance. > > > > good luck! > > - aaron > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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