From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 14 11:17: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (adsl-64-173-25-69.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.25.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABEEF37B400 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:16:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1EJFRc00929; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:15:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200202141915.g1EJFRc00929@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Len Conrad Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best ATA RAID controller In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2002 06:49:41 CST." <5.1.0.14.2.20020214064813.06ba9008@mail.Go2France.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:15:27 -0800 From: Michael Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > At 01:29 2002-02-14 -0500, you wrote: > > >Some of the other IDE raid cards will allow you to use a master and slave > >on the same channel. From what I understand the problem with this is that > >if a slave dies, it could potentially take out the master or vice versa. > > and isn't an inactive second device, such as a seldom used cdrom, slowing > down the bus due to master/slave contention? Not unless the controller actually talks to it. -- To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message