Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 15:56:04 +0200 From: "Daniel Eriksson" <daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Cc: yraffah@savola.com Subject: RE: 6.0 RELEASE and Volume Managers Message-ID: <4F9C9299A10AE74E89EA580D14AA10A605F5AB@royal64.emp.zapto.org>
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Yousef Raffah wrote: > Why should I define it from the card's BIOS? Because there are no utilities in FreeBSD to configure the array during runtime. Your only option is to do it from the BIOS when you boot your computer. > Is it done through the system's startup (F9)? Just boot your server and wait for the BIOS screen for the card to pop up. It will tell you what key to press to enter BIOS. I don't remember what key it is off the top of my head. > How can I have my volumes configured? Is it after the system is being > installed or during installation? Please forgive my newbie > questions :| You need to configure your arrays BEFORE you install FreeBSD. Once the arrays have been set up properly you can install FreeBSD. Because the card presents each array that you have defined as a regular disk to the system, just select the appropriate disk (most likely da0) during sysinstall to get FreeBSD to partition/slice it up for you. /Daniel Eriksson
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