From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Nov 9 8:35: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from happy.cow.org (happy.cow.org [198.88.20.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C53D37B428 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:34:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ravi@localhost) by happy.cow.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) id fA9GYLX98100; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:34:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:34:21 -0500 From: ravi pina To: Thomas Coppens Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID Message-ID: <20011109113421.B75607@happy.cow.org> Reply-To: ravi@cow.org References: <20011108183419.E97368@happy.cow.org> <003001c1693a$7f7b4810$0202a8c0@alfa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <003001c1693a$7f7b4810$0202a8c0@alfa>; from thomas.coppens@advalvas.be on Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:20:45PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:20:45PM +0100, Thomas Coppens said at one point in time: > > Alright, I understand the RAID feature of the Promise chip isn't very > well supported by FreeBSD. However, one thing I don't understand... some > people say the card is unreliable, but I have it running perfectly on a > Windows platform? Do you mean it's unreliable in general or when used > with BSD? > > Thomas > i can only vouch for its poor reliability under my conditions: freebsd 4.3-s, 4 ibm 75g disk, and 24" eide cables because my case was too long. i was able to get it to work as a jbod controller, but not as a raid controller in either 0, 1, or 0+1 configurations. while i was able to newfs a raid, on reboot it was not stable. when data was copied it was not accessable. i didn't bother trying to set it up using windows since that was not the scope of the server. i ended up getting the 3ware card because msmith, the driver author said it was a fully supported product. i believe he also wrote the promise driver. but as i type this, i'm reading on his driver page[1] that 3ware recalled all 7000 series adapters due to power supply problems. grumble. the only other card that i know of is http://www.highpoint-tech.com/ -r [1] http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/ -- echo "send pgp key" | mail ravi@cow.org CA gav (12:55:56 PM): ive never been in a manhole before.. i want to.. wonder what itd be like To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message