Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:07:23 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-RELEASE Dell PE 850 Message-ID: <op.sz86ilvu8527sy@outgoing.local> In-Reply-To: <EF2FF1D1-D9AF-4972-8703-90E039C5C19A@khera.org> References: <000001c5e90e$e45bc2c0$0a01a8c0@DIGNUS> <EF2FF1D1-D9AF-4972-8703-90E039C5C19A@khera.org>
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:51:36 +0100, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:31 AM, Johan Kooijman wrote: > >> After ordering a stack of Dell PE 850 boxes I found out, by experience, >> that >> 6.0-RELEASE doesn't work with it. It does recognize the S-ATA >> controller, >> but install says it can't find any disks. > > there was some discussion about this on the pfSense (firewall software > built on 6.0) a week or so ago. Apparently there is some kernel patch > that allows the PE850 to work. perhaps digging thru the pfSense mailing > list archives will help find it. > > Not sure the status of having that patch merged back into the FreeBSD > main code. I certainly hope it will be, given how popular these boxes > are. If the patch is submitted as a PR it will help a lot I think. -- Ronald Klop Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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