From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 11:59:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FC716A4CF for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:59:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.datausa.com (mail.datausa.com [216.150.220.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0871143D46 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:59:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@wcubed.net) Received: (qmail 47807 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2004 19:50:06 -0000 Received: from web.datausa.com (HELO webmail.integrityhometheater.com) (216.150.220.132) by mail.datausa.com with SMTP; 2 Apr 2004 19:50:06 -0000 Received: from 24.9.172.8 (SquirrelMail authenticated user freebsd@wcubed.net) by webmail.integrityhometheater.com with HTTP; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 13:03:51 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <2589.24.9.172.8.1080936231.squirrel@webmail.integrityhometheater.com> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 13:03:51 -0700 (MST) From: freebsd@wcubed.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Problems installing to AMI MegaRAID array X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 19:59:39 -0000 Howdy all, I just inherited a Micron NetFrame MV5000 (Intel 440LX, Dual PII-300; full specs: http://support.buympc.com/apps/complist.asp?SerialNo=1300458-0001). It has a 'RPX' module installed which enables RAID on my 8 4.3GB SCSI drives, apparently via an AMI MegaRAID controller. I've been able to get into the MegaRAID bios setup and configure an initialize a RAID volume, but FBSD can't find it. I've installed FBSD on several RAID systems before, so I didn't think it would be a problem. But the GENERIC kernel doesn't seem to find the controller. It sees the Symbios Logic SCSI controller, the DAT & CD-ROM, but none of the drives or logical disks. If I remove the RPX module from the mainboard (a rather simple card with battery, flash and a couple of DIMMs & sundry other minor chips) I no longer get the AMI MegaRAID BIOS option (makes sense) and each drive spins and shows up during the Symbios Logic init on boot. The RPX board doesn't have any chips that are labelled AMI (or LSI, for that matter), so I don't know how to determine the actual RAID chipset. Anyone have any suggestions as to making this work? Thanks, Brad Waite