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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
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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
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> > >
> > 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

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