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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Lee Reese wrote:

> 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 is no CAMified DPT driver, so that floppy will not work.

> 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.

  Yes, the standard boot.flp has it in it.

  BTW, you are apparently attempting to run -current?  Be aware of all
implications of using -current on a production system.

> Lee

Tom


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