Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:49:35 +0100 From: Richard Smith <rdls@rdls.net> To: Barbara Diederich <barbara@electricfoundry.com> Cc: Patrick Guerin <pat@inix.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 2550 with Adaptec AIC-7899 Message-ID: <20010624194935.A998@gaia.home.rdls.net> In-Reply-To: <3B35F0AE.5E68ECF5@electricfoundry.com>; from barbara@electricfoundry.com on Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 09:52:46AM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106231128460.12952-100000@prince.inix.com> <3B35F0AE.5E68ECF5@electricfoundry.com>
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 09:52:46AM -0400, Barbara Diederich wrote: > Patrick Guerin wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Barbara Diederich wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I have attempted to load FreeBSD 4.3 onto the Dell Poweredge 2550 with > > > Raid Enabled Perc3-Di using an Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 3 SCSI 3 > > > Controller. > > > > > > I don't see this device listed in the generic kernel althought the 4.3 > > > release notes say that they support this hardware... and once I exit the > > > kernel config I do see this device being listed as I enter the > > > sysinstall menu... but, once I go to do the fdsk... no hard drives are > > > found! > > > > > > Unfortunately Dell and Adaptec specifically support Linux... and so > > > information on this problem is hard to find. > > > > > > Can you help? > > > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > > > Barbara Diederich > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > Barbara, > > > > Install 4.3-STABLE and you'll be fine. That did the trick for me and 2 > > others on the list. > > > > Cheers, > > > > --pat > > > > Patrick, > > Its a no go for me... I used 4.3-Stable dated both Jun 21st and Jun 1st... did > you use another version? The updates for the Dell 2550 was commited to 4.3-STABLE on 26th April 2001. However, you will need a boot disk from that version to detect the disks before installation. -- Richard Smith Network Systems Director Satamatics Ltd Green Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 8HD, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1684 278610 Fax: +44 1684 278611 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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