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Date:      Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:13:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Gediminas Vilutis <gedas@itpa.lt>
Cc:        "Waite, Michael" <Michael.Waite@compaq.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Compaq Smart Array 221 on non Compaq servers
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001141610220.462-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000114171421.4334A-100000@mserv.itpa.lt>

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Gediminas Vilutis wrote:
> The problem is that i'm trying to use this controller not in ProLiant
> server (as i have mentioned, it is Intel LB440GX system with L440GX+
> motherboard). After I try to boot from CD, configuration utility just
> says "this system is not supported by this version of SmartStart" and
> installation stops.
> 
> So, does this controller work not in ProLiant servers?

Compaq IDA and Smart array controllers may only be configured in Compaq
servers.  I suspect that the config utilities are calling some Compaq BIOS
interrupt and bailing when it doesn't work.  Some work with debug may
allow you to NOP out the offending call.  I've been intending to do this
myself but I don't have a supported IDA adapter, nor do I have an array of
disks to use with the adapter.

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