RME audio card user new to FreeBSD

[Chris Rees]

On 23 Nov 2012 12:50, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 08:25 +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > On Friday 23 November 2012 01:25:47 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 23:29 +0100, I wrote:
> > > > if I'll use an already installed Linux GRUB legacy, I don't need a
> > > > free primary partition.
> > >
> > > What a pity :(! Seemingly a misunderstanding, when reading some
> > > instructions. No workaround? "Multimedia" perhaps is the wrong list to
> > > ask. I hadn't planned on that.
> > >
> >
> > Can you use a fasttracker ultra R8 instead, which uses High-speed USB?
>
> I bought this card, because I need a professional audio device. The
> driver seems to be available
> http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/dox/dev_sound/html/dc/d5d/hdspe_8c.html
>
> The RME card is used for my home studio, I stopped working as a
> professional audio and video engineer a few years ago, but I want to be
> able to connect my machine by all kinds of interfaces to professional
> equipment too.
>
> Back to the topic, if there's the need to have a free primary partition
> to install FreeBSD, I'll try to move data from one primary partition,
> but IMO this is a showstopper. To be fair, I don't know the reasons for
> FreeBSD, that a primary partition is needed, perhaps this has an
> advantage I'm not aware of :).

Well, you can't just install onto a Linux partition, is that what you mean?

Chris