From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 13:42:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55DF016A4CF for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:42:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F6E43F85 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:42:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF45372DF7; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:41:46 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: Brett Glass , Mark Linimon Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:42:29 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost> <200311200916.08563.wes@softweyr.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031120102709.036c8128@localhost> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031120102709.036c8128@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311201342.29603.wes@softweyr.com> cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 4.9-RELEASE work with 3Ware RAID card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:42:42 -0000 On Thursday 20 November 2003 09:30, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:16 AM 11/20/2003, Wes Peters wrote: > >> That's not what I'm asking for, of course. I'm asking to hear > >> if anyone has already had experience with the hardware and > >> software in question. It's mutually beneficial to everyone in the > >> community if this information is shared widely. > > > >Yes, and the mail list archives and FAQs help there, but somebody at > > some point has to be the pioneer. > > I see nothing wrong with asking first, so that I know whether I need > to BE the pioneer! After all, if folks do not do this, then we could > have more people than necessary sporting those unsightly arrows in > their backs. So, IMHO, it is not appropriate to criticize people for > posting queries. I'm sorry, I didn't speak/write clearly enough. You did NOTHING wrong, and did manage to bring out somebody who has had success. I look forward to reading your reports of success too. I hope you collect as few arrows as possible on this go-around, I know you've got quite a collection already. Oh, wait, that just conjured up yet another scary JPEG: anyone tried to use an XYZCorp frobnicator-2003 with FreeBSD 9.3 yet? go check the tags on the arrows sticking out of Brett's backside for the XYZ logo Now if we just had a staff cartoonist for this list... ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com