[Techtalk] Inexpensive ATA/SATA RAID?

[Elwing]

On Jul 30, 2005, at 3:11 PM, jennyw wrote:
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> I actually have the same 3Ware card in another computer, but it  
> keeps having problems and shutting down. I keep meaning to find out  
> what's going on but am too busy to hunt it down right now. Might be  
> a BIOS thing ...
>
> But it's good to know you're not having troubles at all! What  
> driver are you using? And kernel? And does it make any difference  
> which distribution? I thought it was a kernel thing, but some  
> manufacturers say they only support certain distributions ... not  
> sure what that means ...
>

Disclaimer: I used these cards in Linux about 2 years ago - I've  
since switched the system over to FreeBSD which has better disk  
encryption support..

With that in mind, I don't remember using any special drivers.  I  
would have been using woody though - as the system was using  
"testing".  Definately a 2.4 kernel, with the CryptoAPI/International  
patches (used to be at kerneli.org).   I know 3ware provides some  
kernel drivers, but I don't remember using them, just the plain old  
kernel with encrypted file system support enabled.

Elwing