Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:24:15 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Promise RAID card? Message-ID: <20030417172415.GA31806@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030417120346.01b34d98@mail.servplex.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0304171151460.7134-100000@thunder.xecu.net> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0304171151460.7134-100000@thunder.xecu.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20030417120346.01b34d98@mail.servplex.com>
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 12:08:23PM -0500, Peter Elsner wrote: > I don't know about the SX6000, but I have one on a motherboard (can't > recall what model), I think the Promise TX2000, that works fine. > > the GENERIC kernel recognized it and configured it for a RAID 1 (striping > 2-80 gigs for a total of 160 gigs)... It boots just fine off > of that one. The TX2000 and the SX6000 are quite different I believe. That one works doesn't say anything about the other. > > Peter > > > At 05:16 PM 4/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > > >--On 17 April 2003 11:53 -0400 Chris McGee <chris@xecu.net> wrote: > > > >> > >>Has anyone successfully used the Promise SX6000 card with FreeBSD 4.7? If > >>so, what kind of configuration are you using? > > > >Bah, and as someone's just reminded me - you can't boot FreeBSD off it > >without building a bespoke boot floppy, as it's not in the generic kernel > >AFAIK... > > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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