Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:02:16 +0200 From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: Cloud <ashtray1@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD with IBM ServeRaid II on a Netfinity 5500 Message-ID: <19990304120216.B2324@matti.ee> In-Reply-To: <36DC35CE.2B9AC4D8@home.com>; from Cloud on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 02:02:38PM -0500 References: <36DC35CE.2B9AC4D8@home.com>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 02:02:38PM -0500, Cloud <ashtray1@home.com> wrote: > I am in the process of ordering a IBM Netfinity server 5500, and i will > be running freebsd. > The server has on-board IBM Serverraid II raid controller, which uses > the AIC-7880P adaptec chipset. I see that freebsd supports the 7895 > chipset, and the two are very similar (the 7895 supports ultra2wide > scsi, the 7880 only wide scsi). > > I am wondering if the 7880P will be detected during the install, or > generally if this chipset will work under FreeBSD. IBM tells me it works IBM ServeRaid controllers isn't supported I'm afraid :( Yes there are some Adaptec chips integrated onto motherboard but there's also one PowerPC processor which plays important role, so I don't believe FreeBSD is able to use the onboard Adaptec chip. Actually, I don't know, but I have two NetFinity 5500 laying around here and maybe I can boot one of them in the evening with FreeBSD. Both of them run LoseNT, ick. -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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