From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 11:04:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3377E106566B for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 11:04:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bseklecki@probikesllc.com) Received: from relay00.pair.com (relay00.pair.com [209.68.5.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5D978FC08 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 11:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71604 invoked from network); 30 May 2011 11:04:50 -0000 Received: from 24.3.206.175 (HELO ?172.16.70.114?) (24.3.206.175) by relay00.pair.com with SMTP; 30 May 2011 11:04:50 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 24.3.206.175 Message-ID: <4DDEB7E6.4000106@probikesllc.com> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 16:28:22 -0400 From: Brian Seklecki Organization: CE-Pro Bikes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jaime Kikpole References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell R210 "no disks found" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: seklecki@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:04:52 -0000 On 5/26/2011 3:16 PM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell > R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under > "Custom"), it tells me "No disks found!" and then points me to the > hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Does it have a SAS 6/ir controller? Or a PERC variant? The former is software-assist and the driver is brand new. Remember, Dell and LSI would club a baby seal over the head to save a buck. That driver is in 8.2 but you'll need to get us a copy of the DMESG from your CD boot. If you cant get the network to come up from the FixIt image, try copy'ing /var/run/dmesg to a thumb drive and sneaker-net it. Post the dmesg to http://www.nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=dmesgd;SQLIMIT=20 ~BAS > Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS > setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on > this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them > working. > > Thanks, > Jaime Kikpole > -- Brian A. Seklecki CE-Pro Bikes, LLC 412-378-3823 (m) PGP Key Available Upon Request