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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:10:32 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        fbsd@unimatrixzero.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems installing 6.1-RELEASE on Dell PowerEdge 1855
Message-ID:  <44sllomabr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200606280023.k5S0NkZ9020671@mercury.unimatrixzero.com> (fbsd@unimatrixzero.com's message of "Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:23:46 -0700 (MST)")
References:  <200606280023.k5S0NkZ9020671@mercury.unimatrixzero.com>

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FBSD <fbsd@unimatrixzero.com> writes:

> I'm trying to do a fresh install of FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on a new
> Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server.  The hardware notes for 6.1 say
> the Dell PERC 4/IM SCSI raid controller is supported by the amr
> driver.  The problem I'm having is that the kernel on the install cd
> is trying to load the mpt driver, which sees the controller and then
> fails to load with a timeout error.  How do I install FreeBSD with
> just the amr driver and not the mpt driver?

I don't see offhand how that could be happening in the first place.  
Time to ask the driver author, perhaps.



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