Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:16:18 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD Message-ID: <CADLo838iwYahicJ6X8jz7MjpV3uLBSFue43M-t5PSU6ryPU1fg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1353675042.4081.14.camel@q> References: <1353623365.2366.8.camel@q> <1353630347.3212.5.camel@q> <201211230825.56455.hselasky@c2i.net> <1353675042.4081.14.camel@q>
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On 23 Nov 2012 12:50, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > 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 :). Well, you can't just install onto a Linux partition, is that what you mean? Chris
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