From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jul 24 10:56:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (sat.dis.org [216.240.44.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD4337B408 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:56:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6OHuUD01789; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:56:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200107241756.f6OHuUD01789@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Ming-Che Lee Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adaptec/dpt raid as root In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:18:06 +0800." <20010724231806.A763@mcl.eimg.com.tw> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:56:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Can we use an Adaptec S3200S raid controller (a DPT remark) as our root boot > partition? If not, is there an adaptec card that can do this? :-) > > OS: FreeBSD-4.3 (RELENG_4) Yes, you can, but the fact that you are fixated on Adaptec suggests that there is something wrong with your design process. You should be considering all the available controllers on their merits, not who manufactures them. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message