Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:35:02 -0800 From: 72yan M <freedom@72oot.net> To: deanb@unm.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ibm serveraid driver questions Message-ID: <02022516350202.83780@c1529030-a.attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <3C7AD012.F8B2EA11@unm.edu> References: <3C7A8D87.3AF9F1C0@unm.edu> <02022513032600.80823@c1529030-a.attbi.com> <3C7AD012.F8B2EA11@unm.edu>
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> Thanks for your help. > > To get aic0 up and running do I need to hand configure > something? Thanks for the tip about firmware, I will > install the upgrade. > > The raid controller is on channel A and the the scsi > tape drive is on channel B. The cdrom is ide. Is the raid controler here a seperate PCI card or is it the backplane for the 80pin "hot swap" drives? If the raid controler is a pci card then disconnect it from SCSI channel A and make the card the end connection. Another option is to remove the RAID card and see if/how the drives are detected by the scsi bus. 72yan M > > You are correct, the error is "no drives were found for > the install." > > You seem to have some experience with this problem. Any > other suggestions you have would be appreciated. > I am not sure if my statement "I am really a web/database > developer trying to set up a system" conveys my skill level. > Let me put it this way, if this were a star trek episode > I would be the one saying "dammit, Jim, I am a database > programmer not a systems administrator!" > > 72yan M wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The Adaptec 7895 should be aic0. You could look at Intel.com for any > > bios/firmware upgrades for the Motherboard. I know that the l440GX+ does > > not require the update, but it does improve the reliability. > > > > Also check that the HardDrives are hooked up to the SCSI connector and > > that any other devices, are on a seperate channel. SCSI will default to > > the slowest device on the channel. > > > > The error you are getting is that "no drives were found for the install"? > > > > 72yan M > > > > > I have an IBM Netfinity 5000 (dual pentium II's, IBM ServeRAID, > > > scsi tape-drive, IBM fault tolerant network card) that needs > > > to be a development server. As far as I can tell the correct > > > driver for the raid (adaptec aic7895 on board scsi controller) > > > ought to be ahc(4). It does not seem to be part of the > > > freeBSD 4.4 install cd or the freeBSD 4.5 install cd. > > > > > > Debian 2.2.19 autodetected and installed, but before I give up > > > on freeBSD can somebody help me out? > > > > > > I am really a web/database developer trying to set up a system. > > > Any help would be appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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