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From: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk>
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Subject: Re: More on Dell 600SC server
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To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:49:17 +0100 (CET)
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It seems Brett Glass wrote:
> Since FreeBSD hung at boot time with two drives on the primary cable, I 
> tried shifting the second hard drive to the "tertiary" socket, adding an
> 80-pin cable just for it. Alas, FreeBSD couldn't see the drive, or even 
> the third ATA interface, when this was done. (Yes, it was enabled in the 
> BIOS.)
> 
> We got the machine to run FreeBSD and see both drives, but only by 
> disconnecting the CD-ROM.
> 
> Since the Dell is one of the least expensive and most popular low end
> server platforms, and does run Red Hat, it's important that FreeBSD
> support it properly as well.
> 
> Has anyone else worked with this model of machine? Soren?

dmesg ? what chipset is in there ? my guess is a newer ServerWorks
as they have a third interface onchip IIRC.
If they are that inexpensive ship me one and I'll make it work :)

-Søren

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