From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 18 7:35:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.globalserve.net (smtp2.globalserve.net [209.90.128.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8824014CFA for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:35:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ashtray1@home.com) Received: from home.com (dialin264.toronto.globalserve.net [209.90.131.10]) by smtp2.globalserve.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA25622 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:33:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36F11ED1.55A9BC91@home.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:42:09 -0500 From: Cloud X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD with IBM ServeRaid II on a Netfinity 5500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -A while ago I wrote: "I am in the process of ordering a IBM Netfinity server 5500, and i will be running freebsd.The server has on-board IBM Serverraid II raid controller, which uses the AIC-7880P adaptec chipset. I see that freebsd supports the 7895 chipset, and the two are very similar (the 7895 supports ultra2wide scsi, the 7880 only wide scsi). I am wondering if the 7880P will be detected during the install, or generally if this chipset will work under FreeBSD." -I have been told that it works: "Yes it will work quite nicely. ahc0: rev 0x00 int a irq 17 on pci0.9.0 ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs" -but that it doesnt work because there is a powerPC chip in it : IBM ServeRaid controllers isn't supported I'm afraid :( Yes there are some Adaptec chips integrated onto motherboard but there's also one PowerPC processor which plays important role, so I don't believe FreeBSD is able to use the onboard Adaptec chip. Actually, I don't know, but I have two NetFinity 5500 laying around here and maybe I can boot one of them in the evening with FreeBSD. Both of them run LoseNT, ick. -- I Just had this box delivered and we cant return it. My Boss is an IBM and NT freak, and it took some heavy convincing to get him to let me use BSD for our web-hosting machine. So, it looks like now i will have to use winnt. .Suicide is looking pretty good right now. Had I known this controller wouldn't work, I would have ordered the 5000 instead and put a Mylex or DTP raid controller. Oh well, think ill go buy some whisky and sit under a bridge, contemplate the next year using winnt for httpd, ftp, natd, ipfw, mail, and 100 virt domains or so. If ANYBODY has ANY tiny gleam of insight on any solution i might have available, i will be your eternally humble and greatefull servant. Taylor Klimas klimas@canadiangeneral.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message