Hi, Are there any issues running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE (i386 or amd64 version) on machine with ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard? It has NVIDIA RAID option in BIOS and the system has 4x250GB SATA disks. I would like to use its RAID feature if possible, otherwise I'll try gmirror. Please let me know if somebody has experience about it. thanks, Ganbold
> Are there any issues running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE (i386 or amd64 version) > on machine with ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard? It has NVIDIA RAID option in > BIOS and the system has 4x250GB SATA disks. I would like to use its RAID > feature if possible, otherwise I'll try gmirror. > Please let me know if somebody has experience about it.I am running amd64 fbsd-6.0-beta1 on A8N-SLI Deluxe. Nvidia mirroring seems to work well enough but I haven't stressed it much. I am running stock generic kernel with no problems related to the motherboard.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:30:48PM +0800, Ganbold wrote:> Hi, > > Are there any issues running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE (i386 or amd64 version) > on machine with ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard? It has NVIDIA RAID option in > BIOS and the system has 4x250GB SATA disks. I would like to use its RAID > feature if possible, otherwise I'll try gmirror. > Please let me know if somebody has experience about it.I've been unable to make the on-board ethernet work. I don't recall the exact error, 'cause I ended up dropping a card into it as a workaround. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
Jim C. Nasby schrieb:> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:30:48PM +0800, Ganbold wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Are there any issues running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE (i386 or amd64 version) >> on machine with ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard? It has NVIDIA RAID option in >> BIOS and the system has 4x250GB SATA disks. I would like to use its RAID >> feature if possible, otherwise I'll try gmirror. >> Please let me know if somebody has experience about it. > > I've been unable to make the on-board ethernet work. I don't recall the > exact error, 'cause I ended up dropping a card into it as a workaround.ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe/Premium motherboard has also a sk0 Gbit NIC onboard, which is connected to the PCI32 bus system. sk0 works for me, but not the PCIe-connected nve0, which droped connection from time to time when I used the box within our lab's network. If you have bought the Deluxe or Premium version, sk0 device should work but do not expect high performance. It is about the same like dropping a PCI32-NIC in the system. Oliver