Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:15:52 -0700 From: "alex huppenthal" <alex@aspenworks.com> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PERC controller Saga of making Dell Poweredge work FreeBSD 4.1 Message-ID: <00a201c08d5d$53dcd430$e2aa85ce@d7k> References: <007f01c08d54$0c532a00$e2aa85ce@d7k> <008f01c08d5a$908014e0$e2aa85ce@d7k>
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Okay, the 5.x snapshot floppy boots and sees the Perc 3/Si raid array and disks. I'll load the rest from the Internet - :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex huppenthal" <alex@aspenworks.com> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:56 PM Subject: Re: PERC controller Saga of making Dell Poweredge work FreeBSD 4.1 > I've found the following: > > > the aac driver is not in FreeBSD 3.5, however, my 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD > 4.2-STABLE #2: Mon Jan 8 17:11:44 MST 2001, does have the driver. > > I'm haven't found a floppy set from 4.2-Stable, so I'm giving a 5.x snapshot > a try. > > -Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alex huppenthal" <alex@aspenworks.com> > To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:09 PM > Subject: adding a driver. PERC controller Saga of making Dell Poweredge work > FreeBSD 4.1 > > > > It continues. Any help is much appreciated. I've been trying to load > FreeBSD > > 4.1 on a Dell system. > > > > I've located a driver - aac-20000912.tar.gz kindly donated by Dell tech > > support (said to work, but not supported) for FreeBSD 4.x. > > > > I'm trying to research how I can build and install a boot kernel with this > > driver, so I have access to the Dell on-board raid controller and drives. > > > > The tech at Dell said the poweredge 2450 is a Adaptec 3400S raid chip, > Dell > > refers to this as a PERC 3/Si . > > > > The untarred source files from Dell look like: > > > > 2 ./aac-20000912/sys/modules/aac > > 3 ./aac-20000912/sys/modules > > 153 ./aac-20000912/sys/dev/aac > > 154 ./aac-20000912/sys/dev > > 158 ./aac-20000912/sys > > 1 ./aac-20000912/share/man/man4 > > 2 ./aac-20000912/share/man > > 3 ./aac-20000912/share > > 162 ./aac-20000912 > > > > However, these look like an older version of sys/dev /acc files of a 4.2 > > Kernel. I don't have a 4.1 Kernel. Should I be using 4.2? > > > > I > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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