From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 16 19:37: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web14607.mail.yahoo.com (web14607.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A180C37B402 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:37:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20020217033707.55682.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.156.10.112] by web14607.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:37:07 PST Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:37:07 -0800 (PST) From: Jerry Murdock Subject: Re: Setting up a new 1TB server running freebsd I hope. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wayne@tbnets.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > of pIII 1.26mhz processors, with 2GB ram. I ordered a 3ware 7850 (8 port > ata 100) and plan on putting in 8 160GB Maxtor's (raid 5) and a 120 GB > Maxtor on the mb ide interface for the boot disk with a slim cd and floppy. > Since this is my first freebsd install, is there anything in particular I > should look out for? Will the install see the 3ware raid card? Will > FreeBSD see the large drives ok (something linux has trouble with) The only question I would have is if the 3ware card supports the 48 bit addressing needed for the 160GB drives. It's very possible it doesn't. Then again it might - I don't know. The spec sheet doesn't mention one way or the other, and you know what that usually means. Jerry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message