Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:08:49 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: "Martin Gignac (LMC)" <lmcgign@lmc.ericsson.se> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Addendum: Does FreeBSD 3.5 support the AIC-7899 chipset from Adap tec... Message-ID: <20001213130849.B30955@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <32CD630F6CBED411AE180008C7894CBCD8E4F6@lmc37.lmc.ericsson.se>; from lmcgign@lmc.ericsson.se on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 07:00:19PM -0500 References: <32CD630F6CBED411AE180008C7894CBCD8E4F6@lmc37.lmc.ericsson.se>
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 07:00:19PM -0500, Martin Gignac (LMC) wrote:
> I forgot to mention that the reason I am asking the question is that we are
> trying to install FreeBSD 3.4 on a Dell PowerEdge 2450 system using the
> kernel and mfsroot floppies. Once it comes up to the disk configuration
> screen, it complains that no hard drives can be found (or at least something
> to that effect). I am assuming that this is because of lack of support for
> the AIC-7899 SCSI controller used in the system.
With the PowerEdges, I think you've got to change the BIOS setting so
that it doesn't use the SCSI card as a RAID card. Otherwise, I think
you're out of luck, and may have to get at least 4.2 in order to
install it with RAID.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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