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Date:      Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:00:39 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What kind of SCSI controller is in a Compaq Proliant 3000? 
Message-ID:  <199810072200.PAA02835@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 23:44:20 %2B0200." <26681.907796660@verdi.nethelp.no> 

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> Just got my hands on a nice shiny new Compaq Proliant 3000 server (yes,
> I know Compaqs are weird in some ways, but this is beyond my control).
> I'd like to install FreeBSD on it, but the problem is that no SCSI disk
> controller is detected (and thus no SCSI disks) by the 3.0 boot disk.
> The standard Proliant 3000 config:
> 
> 	http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/proliant3000/index.html
> 
> mentions a dual channel wide-ultra SCSI-3 controller, and this is indeed
> what the BIOS claims it has.
> 
> I thought it might be an Adaptec (with a different PCI Chip ID). Will try
> to have a look at the actual controller tomorrow. Meanwhile, does anybody
> know kind of beast this SCSI controller is?

No, but the device ID's will be printed if you boot with '-v', and that 
will give us an excellent start on working out what it is.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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