Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:25:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Eric Sabban <eric@clickrebates.com> Cc: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.0 sysinstall fails to recognize disks Message-ID: <200003230825.AAA01040@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:16:22 PST." <38D97E76.BAD2FCF6@clickrebates.com>
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> Try low-levelling the drives. The behavior sounds similar to what I had a long time ago, low level formatting them fixed the problem. Not a good idea. Sounds more like sysinstall is massively out of sync with the rest of the system; it's not updated with the rest of the world. > > -eric > > Forrest Aldrich wrote: > > > Since this is a fairly current issue, I'm posting this appropriately. > > > > I have a DELL server that has hooked up to it a PowerVault, with 8 36gb 10krpm LVD drives. The system has recognized these previously and dmesg shows them present; however, /stand/sysinstall says that I don't have ANY disks installed when using Label or Fdisk. > > > > Is this a known bug? I've done a buildworld/installworld yesterday after a cvsup. > > > > TIA. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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