Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:12:54 +0300 From: Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A Message-ID: <pan.2004.09.10.14.12.49.570365@babysnakes.org> References: <pan.2004.09.10.13.00.59.209074@babysnakes.org> <4141B10C.2070704@gallan.plus.com>
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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:50:04 +0100, Gary Allan wrote: > Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > >>Hi >> >>I've installed freebsd 4_10 on a pc with Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A (mirror) >>and it seems to work fine. in dmesg I can see the raid (ar0) and the >>disks. >>my only concern is that since this card is not supported (according to >>adaptec it only supports windows), I'm afraid that in the case of disk >>failures, I won't see the errors in '/var/log/messages'. (a problem I'm >>having with compaq card and debian - but there, I can check the status >>with the leds). >>does anyone have experience with this card on freebsd? >> >>thanx >> >> > I believe this card is based upon a Highpoint 370/370A chip which is > supported by the manufacturer. > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/b370na.htm > I 'm currently using a card with this chipset under FreeBSD 4.10 with no > problems. The array was listed as a drive during the install process > (along with it's component drives strangely.) my concern is about reporting disk failures to the logs. I have a compaq SCSI RAID which I installed debian on it without a problem, but if I remove one of the disks (hot-swap) I see nothing in the logs. without the leds on the front panel, I wouldn't know if there is a problem until both disks fail. > > Regards > > Gaz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, > send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" thanx -- Haim
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