Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:34:47 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Rajeev Agrawala <rajeeva@research.bell-labs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 2400 Perc 2/Si controller Message-ID: <200103162234.f2GMYls14241@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:24:34 EST." <3AAFB762.EFAC2369@research.bell-labs.com>
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> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:24:34 -0500 > From: Rajeev Agrawala <rajeeva@research.bell-labs.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > I am a newbie at freebsd. I am trying to install 4.2-RELEASE on a DELL > poweredge 2400 System. It has a raid Perc 2/Si. I have 2 disks on that > raid, which I have configured in Raid 1 configuration. I can see the > disk if I run DOS. When I start freebsd installation, freebsd does not > see any disk in the system. Nope, it sure won't. (I'm in the same boat.) The problem is that the support for the PERC 2/Si was added after 4.2-Release came out. It will be in 4.3-Release which should be available in a week or two. Until 4.3-Release, the only ways you will get it running are: Install a temporary disk on the built-in Adaptec 7899 controller and install 4.2 there. Then cvsup to 4.3-Beta and install that on the Perc disk(s). Don't let the BETA label scare you. It really just means that there is a new release soon and the code is frozen except for fixes to problems reported. If you wait a day or two, you will probably get 4.3-RC (Release Candidate). That is just a step closer to the release. Pull down the 4.3-beta iso image and burn that into a CD. (N.B. ISOs prior to release are not complete. Some things will need to be down-loaded. I have not tried this quite yet, but I will be doing so next Tuesday (3/20), so I will know for sure if this works by 3/21. If you are just new to FreeBSD but not to UNIX, the first would probably be the best choice. IF you are new to UNIX, you should probably give it a try, but you may not get far until you can get a 4.3-Release disk. Good luck. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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