From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 3 15:59:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3AC016A407 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:59:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pbliss@mechno.com) Received: from helix.fantasyland.com (helix.fantasyland.com [216.238.193.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA4BB43D53 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:59:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pbliss@mechno.com) Received: from helix.fantasyland.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by helix.fantasyland.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DF61CD33; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:59:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (pbliss@localhost) by helix.fantasyland.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) with ESMTP id k93FxT9b069387; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:59:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pbliss@mechno.com) X-Authentication-Warning: helix.fantasyland.com: pbliss owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:59:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Bliss X-X-Sender: pbliss@helix.fantasyland.com To: Dominic Marks In-Reply-To: <50606.82.69.13.6.1159887021.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20061003053303.9249A3C36B@whodunit.richw.org> <50606.82.69.13.6.1159887021.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sata controller headache / good and cheap sata controller? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:59:31 -0000 I'll keep an eye open for a 3ware deal. I'm really shooting for around $50 (3 pence in uk)if i can. For an ok sata controller for a single sata drive, do you think I'm nuts? I was also thinking about just scrubbing it and getting an IDE. Grrr. Thanks for the help though! -Paul On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Dominic Marks wrote: > Paul Bliss wrote: >> Thanks for the reply, Richard. >> >> Finding a passable sata controller has been very frustrating. I at >> first >> had a Silicon Images controller which my first round of research >> indicated >> would be ok, but later found more info that reported some bad behavior >> (after the machine was being depended upon, of course) >> Then I switched to this Promise FastTrak tx2300, which again, people >> were >> saying some good things about. Ugh. >> >> So does anyone know of a cheap SATA controller (Raid is unimportant) >> that >> will work well with FreeBSD 6.1? > > I only use 3ware cards now. I had similar experiences to you. You can > get them pretty cheap now, at least here in the UK. I've used the 8000 > and 9000 series and had not a peep of a problem. I don't use RAID > features either by the way. > > Dominic > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >