From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 12:50:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94449BBB for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC1858FC08 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.232] by nm10.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 12:50:42 -0000 Received: from [217.146.188.231] by tm13.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 12:50:42 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp106.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Nov 2012 12:50:42 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1353675042; bh=EcZzYzXbA+yLflp1GlotAlk0OYlrhs1WYwxJgAXnm0A=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=1VRXCAwODTBIxOIzJWG94zZauYzRqklLUzunir35YiorS6dkErQjRmyWFuTTOqTn/GO2fgII/lws70JVe/7DR+JqN+O7CY2KArXjmAGB4kNgpxc5XFkHFkRgOBYczM6kMGxaFqEbt3NT/nSjARwO7/RApONWOAIGfc9KzqsS1zA= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 308910.88507.bm@smtp106.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: eqXqmngVM1leO50N9YnFplPDi1DdBHsBOe33xBZrfmUABee c5fTD8jpq6VlpQbRJKE9RKHMPNMmhmQOWPkvKU4qIg17HxBjFRa3xydvF7Zg 727O1eWsT0RzKpki22e8cVZnvVPQeqP9RY4ttP5_5PMBr7nJDZT99q.LuzYi fNielec7Z5EeIziEOIN0QCQcXVMsUsyqjLCvVa1wg9oX51hNIW.M_LhJj5eu 8I0GTEullRyLpqVtDipBiu808hpx_b.ErjNs8qGN.LbglJN5Cd7YWJzRHbGe Tkkxe0cXJhbJf7v4MyiN5A6ygUcfL_ZkZPzfihd7xiILh6AmJVchO7IQ7Bby X4CMRJLAvHSE5Gys1XVIb4.qZx3pVC0SZUh8truRxYr0vL.kgITRxijiPpi7 ItHZJ1fufvv8Jl7NvQnvhlKgMW66gTpcJlG4gCJNp2_3vz75KdjuxfE7nMx4 6FyDUOLc_fNNDjs5wnGR.jSOTXmC3FpBy2vV_6wj4IwRFs0LdOUMBGrxoH6X 9pmgk6p0.1ikNzv8565WyRc2G8Cz6UqSkGOTMvJ1iYvgntowqig-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [92.224.208.134] (ralf.mardorf@92.224.208.134 with login) by smtp106.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Nov 2012 04:50:42 -0800 PST Message-ID: <1353675042.4081.14.camel@q> Subject: Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:50:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: <201211230825.56455.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <1353623365.2366.8.camel@q> <1353630347.3212.5.camel@q> <201211230825.56455.hselasky@c2i.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:45 -0000 On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 08:25 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Friday 23 November 2012 01:25:47 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 23:29 +0100, I wrote: > > > if I'll use an already installed Linux GRUB legacy, I don't need a > > > free primary partition. > > > > What a pity :(! Seemingly a misunderstanding, when reading some > > instructions. No workaround? "Multimedia" perhaps is the wrong list to > > ask. I hadn't planned on that. > > > > Can you use a fasttracker ultra R8 instead, which uses High-speed USB? I bought this card, because I need a professional audio device. The driver seems to be available http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/dox/dev_sound/html/dc/d5d/hdspe_8c.html The RME card is used for my home studio, I stopped working as a professional audio and video engineer a few years ago, but I want to be able to connect my machine by all kinds of interfaces to professional equipment too. Back to the topic, if there's the need to have a free primary partition to install FreeBSD, I'll try to move data from one primary partition, but IMO this is a showstopper. To be fair, I don't know the reasons for FreeBSD, that a primary partition is needed, perhaps this has an advantage I'm not aware of :). Regards, Ralf