Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:52:48 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Perc H200A Message-ID: <504DC680.30708@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <C36D542AFD535A4F6855DF6F@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <CBFFB82A066EA9FF93D814B7@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20120909095412.00005a47@unknown> <C36D542AFD535A4F6855DF6F@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On 10/09/2012 04:21, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On September 9, 2012 9:54:12 AM +0300 Theodor-Iulian Ciobanu > <thciobanu@nth.ro> wrote: > >> On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:34:14 -0500 >> Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> I tried to install FreeBSD 9.0 Release on a Dell R410 with Perc H200A >>> today. When I tried ran the new installer it failed. So I switched >>> to sysinstall, but it couldn't recognize the disk. >>> >>> I googled and found out that there's been a problem with no driver >>> for that controller. If I understand it correctly, the mps driver >>> works, but you had to use something called JBOD mode. I have no idea >>> what that is or how to set it up. I'm not real knowledgeable about >>> RAID and controllers and the like. >>> >>> All I want to do is install FreeBSD on this box. Is there a version >>> of FreeBSD that will work with the Perc H200A? If so, how do I get >>> it? >> >> I don't know if this is still the case, but there was a time when you >> could use LSI2008 (the chipset) cards only with IT firmware (JBOD >> mode) in FreeBSD. >> >> To flash the H200A with the IT firmware, you had to go through some >> hoops, as switching modes for this kind of cards is not done in one >> step: >> http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16266.aspx >> > > Can anyone confirm that this is still the case? Does the mps driver > support this controller? Is it included in 8.3 RELEASE? Or am I > going to have to jump through hoops to get FreeBSD installed on this box? If you are happy to use the integrated RAID (IR) mode and let the driver/card handle RAID then http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=231679 brought in support for this and http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=237876 a new version of the driver. A 9.1-RC1 install iso should pick it up fine. No idea if you want to use software RAID over JBOD (Just a bunch of disks) mode though. Vince > > Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst > As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions > are my own and not those of my employer. > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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