From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 13:23:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 688811065670 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 13:23:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36EFE8FC18 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 13:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CBFAF7 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:23:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 09:23:44 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd general questions Message-ID: <126304EB0A3B109272E1D6F4@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD8744E.7070006@speakeasy.net> References: <4DD8744E.7070006@speakeasy.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: SATA Host Adapter Recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 13:23:46 -0000 --As of May 21, 2011 7:26:22 PM -0700, Jason C. Wells is alleged to have said: > I am looking to get 2 sata host adapters. The mandatory requirements are > good freebsd support and hot swap capability. I plan to use gmirror. I > have discovered that my onboard chipsets don't support hot swap. --As for the rest, it is mine. While I will be reading this thread with interest, as I'm looking to buy a SATA adaptor sometime in the moderate future, I do have one other thought: Before you assume your onboard chipsets don't support hot swap, check your BIOS settings. Many boards still ship with their BIOS set to run everything in 'legacy' mode, which doesn't support hot swap. Make sure there isn't a switch for a AHCI mode that needs to be flipped. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------