Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:37:03 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Lint^^" <lint@satan.dyn.reject.org> Cc: "questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899) Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHIEHCCDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006292322210.24749-100000@cerberus>
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> thanks for the reply josh... i just have one (dumb) question for > you... how exactly should i go about disabling RAID mode and putting the > disks into straight SCSI mode? i've tried un-defining any and all RAID > arrays in the configuration tool that you can boot into off that 'dell > resource cd', i also tried making each disk its own RAID0, and making a > RAID0 consisting of both disks... also standalone.. no dice anywhere... am > i messing something up there? > > adam > On the machine we had, the aic-7899 was configured in the BIOS settings. If you tell it to be a SCSI controller then FBSD should pick it up at boot time....no kernel mods needed. AFAIK the RAID mode of that chip is not supported by FBSD and that is why you can't get it to find your devices. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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