"Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 02 April 2006 05:20, Lars Cleary wrote: >> Why don't you just use gmirror(8) and do software RAID 1? >> >> IMHO a controller just for RAID 1 is unnecessary, >> as the OS together with a reasonable motherboards disk controller >> is just as fast as any RAID controller. > > You can't boot off a system with a dead primary disk with software RAID1. > (well you MIGHT but.. in any case RAID1 cards are quite cheap)
It's a matter of the BIOS: will it complain, or will it proceed to the next SATA disk? -- Matthias Andree _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"