From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 01:15:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4274D117 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:15:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-057.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E66E4959 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i7-quad-PC.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-142.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.142]) by mail.computinginnovations.com (8.14.9/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s8H1FIq5016322; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:15:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20140915182105.05448848@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:31:14 -0500 To: User questions , User questions From: Derek Ragona Subject: Re: Convert system to FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20140914115150.1adb766c@scorpio> References: <20140914115150.1adb766c@scorpio> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140916-1, 09/16/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-ID: s8H1FIq5016322 X-computinginnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0.069, required 6, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, BAYES_00 -1.90, DATE_IN_PAST_24_48 1.34, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24 1.62, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, T_REMOTE_IMAGE 0.01) X-computinginnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:15:35 -0000 At 10:51 AM 9/14/2014, Jerry wrote: >Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:47:55 -0400 > >=EF=BB=BFI have a chance to get an HP Envy with 32.0 GB memory, 64-bit sys= tem >with an >Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-4820K CPU @ 3.70GHz. I can get the unit for free at >a fire sale (long story). It is using the Intel=C2=AE Rapid Storage Techno= logy >software with RAID 5 with three 1,863 GB HDs. This is currently being run = on >a Win-8.1 system. > >If I wanted to turn this into a FreeBSD machine, and I am not even sure if >all of the hardware in this unit is supported by FreeBSD, how would I go >about duplicating this setup? Obviously, the Intel software would not work >under FreeBSD. What would/could I use to replace it with the same >functionality? > >-- >Jerry Jerry, The Intel raid is really software raid, and should work fine with FreeBSD. What I would do is: Boot the system to the point it offers the Intel RAID console, usually ctrl-i enters the console. Delete the existing array Create a new array, even if it is the same drives and RAID type. This ensure new meta data on the physical disks and marks them as unused/blank. Boot FreeBSD installation CD/DVD/USB and start the installation. You'll know right-away if it detects the Intel RAID, and can write the new system= =20 to it. -Derek --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protec= tion is active. http://www.avast.com --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.