From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jul 24 14:42:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA05966 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:42:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.gwinnett.com (mail.gwinnett.com [204.89.227.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05942 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:42:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@gwinnett.com) Received: from venus.gwinnett.com ([204.89.227.91]) by mail.gwinnett.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA17035 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:41:39 -0400 Message-ID: <35B8FF86.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:41:26 -0400 From: Lee Reese X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0CAM-19980712-0 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Viability of -current for Usenet News References: <199807231626.SAA23494@bowtie.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Marc van Kempen wrote: > > > We have been having quite a bit of trouble running a Usenet News server > > over the last 8 months. The machine in question is a dual Pentium Pro > > with 256MB and a DPT 3334UW Raid Controller. > > > > What I would like to do is convince the Sysadmin that FreeBSD might be a > > better platform than Slackware Linux for administering the server. The > > machine would be running INN 2.0. We have seen severe buffering > > problems with the RAID controller and Linux in its present state. Could > > anyone give any reasons why FreeBSD may be a superior OS for such an > > application so I can convince the Sysadmin to switch? Thanks. > > > > I did it! Thanks, guys. Now for some stupid questions... I already have the machine set up with two arrays: 2 - 2GB Drives in RAID 1 and Six 4.5GB Drives in RAID 5. I have a CAM boot floppy for the 7-12-98 Snapshot, which cannot access the array to install. I know there used to be a boot floppy for the DPT controller, but I do not see it in the /floppies directory or a link to one when searching the mailing list archives. Is there a place I can download a floppy or has instructions to make it myself? Thanks. Lee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message