On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mike Ramsey wrote:
Al,
After doing some more research, I think that I need the LSI SAS3041[b]E[/b]-R
(as opposed to the LSI SAS3041[b]X[/b]-R). The LSI SAS3041E-R lists a driver
for both Solaris x86 and Solaris SPARC while the LSI SAS3041X-R lists a
driver only for
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mike Ramsey wrote:
And I think I am getting the hang of this whole SATA thing. I now plan to
drop the IDE drive in favor of a SATA drive.
Excellent. I think the only hold-out for the ATA bus are CDROM and
DVD drives - although there are drives available with SATA
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Mike Ramsey wrote:
Al,
That looks right. I have sent an e-mail to LSI's site admin noting that:
1. The Solaris/x86 driver description mentions support for LSI SAS3041X-R but
not LSI SAS3041E-R
2. Driver support for Solaris/x86 is listed under LSI SAS3041E-R but not
Al,
After doing some more research, I think that I need the LSI SAS3041[b]E[/b]-R
(as opposed to the LSI SAS3041[b]X[/b]-R). The LSI SAS3041E-R lists a driver
for both Solaris x86 and Solaris SPARC while the LSI SAS3041X-R lists a driver
only for Solaris SPARC.
--Mike Jr (1)
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And I think I am getting the hang of this whole SATA thing. I now plan to drop
the IDE drive in favor of a SATA drive.
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Mike Ramsey wrote:
I am thinking about putting the following system together to run OpenSolaris.
Before I spend the money, can anybody see an obvious flaw that would prevent
OpenSolaris from booting up and running? My internet connection will be
through Comcast cable
Al,
Thank you for sharing your insights. I haven't configured a Solaris system on
x86 before so it's all new.
Your arguments for favoring SAS over SCSI have won me over. I really
appreciate this kind of insight.
I think that if I go with Nvidia then I will need to go with a Quadro. I see
