Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:43:50 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: hardware@freebsd.org Cc: sos@freebsd.org Subject: More on Dell 600SC server Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20021226113337.0291bc40@localhost>
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I've cracked the case on that 600SC server, and here's what I found. The motherboard has 3 (!) IDE sockets, identified as primary, secondary, and tertiary. The unit we received was cabled as follows: Two hard drives attached to the primary socket with an 80-conductor cable; CD-ROM attached to the secondary socket with a 40-conductor cable; nothing attached to the tertiary socket. Since FreeBSD hung at boot time with two drives on the primary cable, I tried shifting the second hard drive to the "tertiary" socket, adding an 80-pin cable just for it. Alas, FreeBSD couldn't see the drive, or even the third ATA interface, when this was done. (Yes, it was enabled in the BIOS.) We got the machine to run FreeBSD and see both drives, but only by disconnecting the CD-ROM. Since the Dell is one of the least expensive and most popular low end server platforms, and does run Red Hat, it's important that FreeBSD support it properly as well. Has anyone else worked with this model of machine? Soren? --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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