From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 15:40:15 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 085EC16A4CE for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:40:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from Shenton.org (23.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36D5D43D45 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@Shenton.Org) Received: (qmail 83769 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Apr 2004 23:39:39 -0000 To: freebsd@wcubed.net References: <2589.24.9.172.8.1080936231.squirrel@webmail.integrityhometheater.com> From: Chris Shenton Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:39:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2589.24.9.172.8.1080936231.squirrel@webmail.integrityhometheater.com> (MST)") Message-ID: <86n05u0x1g.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 23:40:15 -0000 freebsd@wcubed.net writes: > 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. I have a DELL-branded "CERC" AMI MegaRAID IDE RAID board. FreeBSD recognizes it as the normal AMI SCSI RAID card with driver "amr". It's my only disk media. I built an array in BIOS then installed FreeBSD on it. When installing FreeBSD-5, I think I had to use the 3rd floppy image which had the "amr" driver on it, as I don't believe it was built into the kernel on the boot/root floppies. After install, I added "amr" to my kernel def and rebuilt. I see now my GENERIC file has "amr" in it. Perhaps I'm confused or maybe it didn't have it back then. So if you've already got FreeBSD installed make sure it has the "amr" device built in. If you're installing from scratch, check the 3rd floppy for stealth drivers. Not sure this helps for your specific hardware but it's worth a shot.