Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:19:53 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Lukasz Bromirski" <lukasz@bromirski.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: SATA controller - Adaptec 1210SA on 6.0/6.1RC Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOELGFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <444507F2.60502@bromirski.net>
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thisis the oemed highpoint if I'm not mistaken. It's a good controller. WD drives on IDE raid are a problem - WD has a blurb on this on their website - they sell special raid-ready ide drives for this purpose. the programming in their standard drives isn't compatible with raid. (they say) Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Łukasz >Bromirski >Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:38 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: SATA controller - Adaptec 1210SA on 6.0/6.1RC > > >Hi list, > >I'm having problems with the following setup: > >Abit KT7A-RAID >Adaptec 1210SA in 3rd slot and 2xWestern Digitial 200GB drives >Intel 10/100/1000 in 2nd slot >AGP card (some generic GeForce) >Samsung 80GB connected to first IDE controller >CD-ROM connected to second IDE controller > >In essence, any operation that touches the drives connected to the >1210SA controller hang machine in place (after about 3 or 4 seconds), >and only message I was able to see before it was 'ata2 request >DISCONNECT' (disks are visible as ad4 and ad6). > >Of course any disk operations involving the IDE drive are OK, I tested >some file transfers and they were able to keep 20MB/s rate without >a problem. > >I consulted the BIOS settings page of the motherboard manual and >set up everything so IRQs would not collide - so that's why NIC and >the Adaptec PCI card are on 2nd and 3rd slot (I have to use USB on >this PC and don't have any PCI graphics card, so essentialy, there is >no other option). 'vmstat' shows every device on it's own interrupt. >Hangs happen with and without ACPI loaded during boot. > >I saw some discussions about how crappy Si3112 and low-end Adaptec >controllers are, but is there any way to have it running stable on >6.0/6.1RC machine? > >-- >"Confidence is what you have before you | Łukasz Bromirski > understand the problem." -- Woody Allen | >lukasz:bromirski,net >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006 >
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