Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 18:56:18 +0200 From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: Nagy =?iso-8859-1?B?TOFzemzz?= Zsolt <nagylzs@freemail.hu> Cc: Sam Clements <sclements@gmail.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Raid motherboard Message-ID: <20060511165618.GB1390@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> In-Reply-To: <446356DA.2070007@freemail.hu> References: <4463055F.1080404@freemail.hu> <61d60b9d0605110652i5e226712i9660a44093919dcd@mail.gmail.com> <446356DA.2070007@freemail.hu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:23:06PM +0200, Nagy László Zsolt wrote: > Sam Clements írta: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ataraid&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports > > > > > >Says: > > The ataraid driver can read the following metadata formats: > > > > ˇ Adaptec HostRAID > > ˇ Highpoint V2 RocketRAID > > ˇ Highpoint V3 RocketRAID > > ˇ Intel MatrixRAID > > > >I do believe only RAID 0 or 1 is supported in a two disk > >configuration. Also, note that ataraid cannot yet write this metadata > >format so you'll have to use the BIOS to create & rebuild your > >RAID's... > Thank you. Of course I can use the BIOS to create the mirrored set. But > after that, can I install FreeBSD with the standard installer? I'm not > sure if 'ataraid' is included in GENERIC. Will the installer notice the > RAID-1 array as a new physical drive? Unfortunately, I do not have the > hardware yet, so I cannot try this. A real SCSI RAID controller would be > too expensive for me. If I cannot install the whole system on the > mirrored set, then probably it is better to use gvinum, because it > allows me to buy a cheaper motherboard and use different hard drives. > However, gvinum also has disadvantages (cannot mirror the root fs, or it > is too difficult and I'm not familiar with vinum...) > Yes, ataraid(4) is in GENERIC and installing on it should Just Work (tm). - Christian -- Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEY2yybHYXjKDtmC0RAk9rAJ9ZnZ5RBUbriiNNnpeMkQmEECdrZgCdEdXd AodMOhF1QYB1FxvTRu8KXvE= =Ym3Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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