Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:02:21 -0600 From: "Long, Scott" <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: "'Mike Smith'" <msmith@freebsd.org>, Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: PERC2 RAID support in 4.1-STABLE Message-ID: <DE53139730A4D411BB580000D11ABE92270EA5@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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The AAC controllers are overly sensitive to the data that is on the disks. Often in the lab I've had to low-level format each disk before the controller would post. So if disklabel is putting a label on, but not a partition table, then thats probably why the controller is wigging out on bootup. I would try using sysinstall to create a slice and label (stay away from 'dangerously dedicated mode'). Let me know if it works. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Smith [mailto:msmith@freebsd.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:46 AM > To: Danny Braniss > Cc: scottl@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: PERC2 RAID support in 4.1-STABLE > > > > In message <200010190324.e9J3Oco92249@earth.backplane.com>you write: > > [...] > > while we are on the subject, is there anyway of making this > 'Dell Perc 3/si' > > raid bootable? Im asking because every time I install a > boot (disklabel -B) - > > the bios stuff does not finish -, the box just freezes and > i have to go > > through several magics to get it working again. > > If the card doesn't pass POST, you will probably have to write zeroes > over the entire disk. However, disklabel -B should work. > Scott may have > some more ideas. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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