From 9eaa38b590d528ed9a1b261299288d8bf3d8e8a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:46:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Another commit to add information on hardware RAID to the handbook. This isn't perfect, but its a lot better than what we had. PR: 36726 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml index 2f184e5d03..6c55f86262 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml @@ -1415,7 +1415,17 @@ sh MAKEDEV ccd0 RAID Hardware - + FreeBSD also supports a variety of hardware RAID + controllers. In which case the actual RAID system + is built and controlled by the card itself. Using an on-card + BIOS, the card will control most of the disk operations + itself. The following is a brief setup using a Promise IDE RAID + controller. When this card is installed and the system started up, it will + display a prompt requesting information. Follow the on screen instructions + to enter the cards setup screen. From here a user should have the ability to + combine all the attached drives. When doing this, the disk(s) will look like + a single drive to FreeBSD. Other RAID levels can be setup + accordingly.