> From woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl Sat May 19 06:51:00 2012 > Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:48:18 +0200 (CEST) > From: User Wojtek <woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > To: Robert Bonomi <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com> > cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, te...@sunset.tx.net > Subject: Re: Optiplex 755 RAID 1 logical drive configuration ignored by > FreeBSD 9.0-R installation > > > FreeBSD will use a hardware RAID device -only- if the particular type of > > RAID chip/chipset/controller is known to the included device drivers. > > do not use "hardware RAID" for such things as this is nothing else > than normal controller and BIOS/driver support.
'Male bovine excrement' applies. I used 'hardware RAID' because that is -precisely- how the OP described their equipment. And Dell does offer at least one such controller. That aside, my statement is entirely accurate, _as_written_, regardless of the hardwaare that the OP has. Now, I'll grant it is possible that you know more about the OP's equipment than I do, but _I_ will assume that the OP knows what they are talking bout, with regard to -their- hardware configuration. Further, I, personally, have a fairly similar Compaq machine, which has hardware RAID, with it's own BIOS (including configuration/setup screens). Oh, yes, FreeBSD _does_ recognize the raid volumes -- with NO RAID support whatsoever in the O/S itself. I run full-custom kernels with no loadable modules, I _know_ what capbilites are/aren't present. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
