From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 20 21:44:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.select.com.au (gatekeeper.select.com.au [203.8.10.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8906014C02 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:44:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dale@select.com.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.select.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA11014 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:44:22 +1100 (EST) Received: from nermal.select.com.au(10.8.203.67) via SMTP by mail.select.com.au, id smtpdf20902; Tue Dec 21 16:44:12 1999 Received: (from dale@localhost) by nermal.select.com.au (AIX4.2/UCB 8.7/8.7) id PAA16430 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:43:14 +1000 (EET) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:43:14 +1000 From: Dale Shaw To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Who's using the Compaq ida driver? Message-ID: <19991221154314.A34544@nermal.select.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi all, I am after some "yes! the bloody thing works!" or "dang, what a dud!" type responses from people using FreeBSD with Compaq SMART disk controllers in production environments. I don't particularly like BSD/OS but its SMART controller support seems quite good (even has pretty userland utilities). We have a number of long-term customers with FreeBSD systems installed by us looking to upgrade (hardware/freebsd). Having read the 3.4 release notes it seems all mention of Compaq SMART support has disappeared but I presume the ida driver is still in there somewhere? Is it ever going to make it into GENERIC? Anyway, I think I've worked out (by searching the archives) how to build a boot floppy to support the controller for installation onto a mirrored pair but I'm still interested in hearing about what other people have discovered. Please let me know Compaq model and FreeBSD version. I will post a summary (if possible) to the list. Anyone got anything heavy duty happening on one of these puppies? cheers! Dale PS: Please Cc: me in any replies, I am not subscribed to -questions. -- Dale Shaw (Systems Guy) -- SELECT APPROACH Technical Services Group SELECT House / 25 - 27 Darling St, Mitchell, ACT, 2911, Australia Tel: +61-2-6241-5633 - Fax: +61-2-6241-3733 - Cell: +61-412-135-539 E-mail: Dale.Shaw@select.com.au - Internet: http://www.select.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message