Re: OpenBSD with SATA

pakrat_at_localhost.private.neotoma.org
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:36:47 GMT

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:11:04 +0200 in <1gu6ejb.18m1s35105pma2N%MarcWirth@gmx.de> Marc Wirth <MarcWirth@gmx.de> wrote:
> Raul Collantes S. <rat@s9.cl> wrote:
>> I little question. Is posible install OBSD36+ in one single SATA Hard
>> Disk? I need install in a server with sata controller only. (No SCSI and no
>> ATA)
>
> Yes, that is possible. If you take a look at
> http://openbsd.org/i386.html (or the platform page for your hardware if
> it is not i386) you'll see quite some supported controllers.
>
> It is not possible to use SATA RAID functions with most of the
> controllers, though.

Because most "Hardware RAID" SATA controllers actually do the RAID magic
on the CPU while making the chipset completely unuseable to the more
generic drivers. 

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Chris Dukes
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