Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 15:12:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@daemontech.com> To: Randy Primeaux <randy@Cloudfactory.ORG> Cc: chat@bafug.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, Hodge Podge <nicole@unixgirl.com> Subject: Re: [Chat] 3ware FreeBSD support being trashed by rackable syste Message-ID: <XFMail.010809151213.nicole@daemontech.com> In-Reply-To: <200108092156.OAA31600@relay.ultimanet.com>
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On 09-Aug-01 Randy Primeaux did Say'th via email: > Nicole, > Sounds like a bunch of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. > > I've been using the 3ware Escalade 6200 on my desktop since February > without a hitch. I appreciate the stability of the FreeBSD kernel > support (twe) and the 3DM Disk Management Utility has been sufficient > for my needs. Even the 3ware corparate support site pointed to Mike > Smith's pages for bsd 3DM binaries. > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID/ > http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/152/2000/10/50/4580097/ Now.. could this be part of the issue. That becouse 3ware does not seem to "officially" support the FreeBSD driver or even have any indication that one is available that one would "think" this? Why does 3ware not officially support the BSD driver? I aven called 3ware once for a problem and the person I spoke too was like.. Oh FreeBSD .. We can't help you with anything involving that. Nicole > > Hodge Podge writes: >> >> >> Greetings all >> My boss just called rackable systems abt their 3U storage array which uses >> the 3ware IDE Raid card. He was told that the OS to install on the system >> would be Linux by the sales person becouse for the 3ware RAID card "the >> linux drivers are the best and the FreeBSD driver is terrible" >> >> Is this true? >> >> >> >> Nicole >> >> >> >> ******* |\ __ /| (`\ ******* >> * * | o_o |__ ) ) * * >> * * // \\ * * >> * Nicole Harrington | AKA Hodge Podge * >> ----------------------(((---(((-------------------------------- >> nicole@unixgirl.com http://www.unixgirl.com/ >> webmistress@dangermouse.org http://www.dangermouse.org/ >> nicole@deviantimages.com http://www.deviantimages.com/ >> >> -- Powered By Coca-Cola and FreeBSD -- >> "The world is run by those who show up" >> -- The Best Place for Your Web Site - www.WebWeaver.net -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chat mailing list >> Chat@bafug.org >> http://bafug.org/mailman/listinfo/chat > > -- > Randy Primeaux > randy@cloudfactory.org http://cloudfactory.org/~randy/ > tranze@hyperreal.org http://hyperreal.org/~tranze/ > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@bafug.org > http://bafug.org/mailman/listinfo/chat |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ Daemon Technologies(tm) | Phone: 408.719.0263 nicole@daemontech.com | http://www.daemontech.com/ -------------------(((---(((----------------------- - Powered by FreeBSD - Email, DNS, SiteHosting, FTP Services, Dedicated Servers, Co-Location, and a Lot More ------------------------------------------------------ "The term "daemons" is a Judeo-Christian pejorative. Such processes will now be known as "spiritual guides" -Politicaly Correct UNIX Page To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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