From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 8 17:35:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15706 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15672 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:35:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA19009; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:35:39 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA07749; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:35:33 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980309113532.47661@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:35:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jose M. Alcaide" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID support under FreeBSD ? References: <3501685A.D0630E20@we.lc.ehu.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <3501685A.D0630E20@we.lc.ehu.es>; from Jose M. Alcaide on Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 04:31:49PM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 7 March 1998 at 16:31:49 +0100, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 server. > This is an impressive machine wich includes two SCSI controllers > (one is an Adaptec 7880 and the other is a 7860). Also has > two Ultra-Wide disks of 4GB capacity. [BTW, FreeBSD will replace > Windows NT - HA HA !!]. > > My problem is that this Dell server has a PCI board installed which > acts as RAID controller and battery backup module. At startup, > the two disks don't appear in the SCSI bus. I think that the RAID > controller manages the disks, so they are not seen by the 7880 SCSI > controller. Since the 7880 does not see any disk, neither FreeBSD does. Sorry, I can't comment on this machine. > My question is: does FreeBSD support any RAID controller? Yes. Support for the DPT RAID controller was commited to -CURRENT yesterday or today. > If that RAID controller is not supported by FreeBSD, then I will > have to remove the RAID adapter, and this is a shame. You might like to find out more details of the controller. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message