Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:55:00 -0500 From: "Robert Myers" <ccrider@whiterose.net> To: "'Morten Seeberg'" <morten@seeberg.dk>, "'Bob Purdon'" <bobp@southcom.com.au> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Compaq RAID? Message-ID: <000001c07e60$49057af0$0201a8c0@ccrider2k> In-Reply-To: <002f01c07bfa$e6e917d0$c8280c0a@sos>
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Did you try booting a smartstart CD and configuring from there? Robert Myers Systems Administrator http://whiterose.net (717)439-1478 > > > FYI for the mailinglists > > I havenīt had time or the oppotunity to test the new models, > but I do know > that Compaq will not support newer controllers for FreeBSD > (or Linux at the > moment). They talked about supporting their controllers in > other kinds of > hardware than Compaq, but that never happened (and probably > never will now), > so you actually need an NT partition on your server or a > Compaq server (and > the use the SmartStart CD) :( > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Purdon" <bobp@southcom.com.au> > To: <idaraid@seeberg.dk> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:59 AM > Subject: Compaq RAID? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Been checking out your IDA RAID web pages and was hoping > you might have > > some useful information... > > > > I have a Compaq SMART Array 3200 controller (the dual > channel unit), but > > can't find any software to configure the actual arrays. > The software your > > site links to (the Softpaq - the one that extracts a copy of Win > > 3.11 and runs in that) doesn't detect the card. > > > > The BIOS detects the card, and it runs it's power up > diagnostics fine - > > it's just the Compaq software that can't find it. > > > > I've tried downloading their newer ADU utility, but it only > runs on NT or > > Win-2000, and installing either of those just so I can > configure an array > > to install BSD on seems just a little drastic. > > > > Do you have any ideas I could try? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bob. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" 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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