From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 29 20:10:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE3D37C2E6; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from joshpaet (hutch-507.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.146]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id WAA12065; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:09:52 -0500 (CDT) From: "Josh Paetzel" To: "Lint^^" , , Subject: RE: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:02:22 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Lint^^ > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:06 PM > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899) > > > hello, i apologize for previous threading. > > the problem is that the FreeBSD boot images (kern, mfsroot) do not see da0 > and da1. this results in a 'disks not found' error in sysinstall. some > background: the machine is a newly delivered Dell Precision 620. the scsi > controller is an Adaptec AIC-7899, and there are two Quantum 10k RPM > 17.4GB disks (specifically, Quantum model ATLAS10K2-TY184L) on it, as well > as a tape backup drive (ARCHIVE Python 06240-XXX, Revision 8071). i had > thought before that the issue may have something to do with RAID, so i've > deleted the arrays that the machine shipped with and am just using the > disks as standalone devices. i have also done a low-level format on each > disk, as suggested in a previous message to freebsd-hardware. all this > results in the same thing: the boot kernel detects the controller as ahc0, > but fails to detect any disks. i decided to try booting a slackware 7 > cdrom to see if it had similar problems (kernel version 2.2.13), and it > sees everything without issue (tape, scsi controller, scsi disks). this > also works when the disks are part of a RAID0 array, as defined in the > utility shipped with the machine... for these reasons i've narrowed it > down to the boot images. previous posts to freebsd-current have suggested > that these controllers work fine under 4.0-STABLE, and at reduced capacity > under 4.0-RELEASE. as another test, i booted the latest floppy images from > the 20000626 5.0-STABLE branch, with the same result: controller found, > disks not. does anyone else have this problem with the boot images, or is > it just me? > I had some trouble getting 4.0 release to see a aic-7899 that was onboard a dell 2450 a while back, but only when it was in RAID mode. In SCSI mode it worked fine. We ended up sending it back anyways...couldn't get SMP to work. > i am thinking that since linux 2.2.13 sees everything, the hardware > configuration is ok... unless it has to be configured a specific way to > jive with FreeBSD? > > i'm stumped... any insight is very very greatly appreciated. thank you. > > adam > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message