Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:00:58 +0800 From: Jahilliya <jahilliya@gmail.com> To: "John Kozubik" <john@kozubik.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help - adaptec 2820sa not allowing installation Message-ID: <ba5e78ea0606181800o20831294rb5361d32dcf2a5f2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060618174555.M730@kozubik.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0606182021150.12027-100000@shell.dhp.com> <ba5e78ea0606181739g32d1e65fs16781abe2efbd249@mail.gmail.com> <20060618174555.M730@kozubik.com>
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On 6/19/06, John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Jahilliya wrote: > > > Try hitting scroll lock and then page up to view the dmesg or go to > > the emergency console and run dmesg to see if it picked up any aac > > devices. You may need to load the module yourself, you should be able > > to do this from the emergency console (not sure tho). > > > > I've steered clear of the *20SA series of cards from Adaptec (mainly > > buying the 2410SA) for the two facts, SATA2 isn't listed anywhere on > > the hardware list and only the xx10SA series SATA cards are listed. > > > Yes, that's a good point - which is why I was very cautious and made > doubly sure to ask very clearly on this mailing list "can I install > freebsd 6.1 on a 2820sa even though it is not in the HCL" and I was > assured that the answer was yes. > > So you are saying you think that the 6.1-RELEASE iso does not have aac > built into it ? After 4-5 years of it being in every install media, even > floppies, you think it suddenly is just not there anymore ? I find that > difficult to believe... > > I'll check the dmesg in scroll lock to be sure, but I am pretty sure it > comes up with nothing aac-related. I'm saying it's a possibility if you're not seeing anything AAC related in the dmesg and you should make sure that it is in the kernel or loaded as a module by running kldload (kldload will give some error about symbol already existing if it is built into the kernel).
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