Re: Initial install of FreeBSD and adding additional hardware

2005-06-09 Thread Dmitry Mityugov
On 6/9/05, Joel Arakaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying out FreeBSD on a side computer that I eventually want to > use as a small home server. I was planning on purchasing a PCI SATA > adapter card and an SATA drive, to complement the hard drive already > inside the computer. My

Re: Initial install of FreeBSD and adding additional hardware

2005-06-09 Thread freebsd_questions
Freebsd 5.4 kernel supports a wide variety of SATA controllers and it should have no problems detecting it on startup, provided you have the appropriate kernel config directives installed. But check the hardware compatibility list to make sure, remember to look at the chipset controller and not

Initial install of FreeBSD and adding additional hardware

2005-06-09 Thread Joel Arakaki
Hi, I'm trying out FreeBSD on a side computer that I eventually want to use as a small home server. I was planning on purchasing a PCI SATA adapter card and an SATA drive, to complement the hard drive already inside the computer. My question is: should I wait until the additional hardware is pur