Subject: Re: FASTTRAK100 woes (Was: 3ware escalade install problem)
To: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/20/2003 08:38:02
On Tue, 20 May 2003, Alan Barrett wrote:

> Have you checked whether the ataraid stuff in NetBSD-current works
> with this controller?  It's advertised to work with "some Promise
> controllers", but you might be lucky.
>
> According to .../i386/conf/GENERIC:
>
>   # ATA RAID configuration support, as found on some Promise controllers.
>   pseudo-device   ataraid
>   ld*     at ataraid? vendtype ? unit ?

I have a FastTrak TX 2000, which shows up as a dual-channel IDE controller
and has the RAID BIOS. Jason told me that it is exactly what the ataraid
stuff was designed for.

Take care,

Bill