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Subject: Re: LSI SAS 9200 series
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On 07/30/2010 12:59 PM, Prateek Sharma wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to install FreeBSD-8.1 on a server with the LSI SAS 9200
> disk controller card. Before the partitioning step the installer says
> "disks not found.".
>
> However, just after freebsd boots , i get the diagnostic message saying
> something like:
> "Drive C: is disk ad0
> Drive D: is disk ad1
> .. " So are my disks getting detected or not? Does anyone know if the
> card is supported by FreeBSD?
> Is there any way i can get this to work?

it is recognized by the Bios, but not the OS, since the 6GBit LSI Chips 
(2004, 2008, 2108) are currently unsupported by FreeBSD :(

Regards,
  Michael!