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Date:      Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:03:34 -0400
From:      Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com>
To:        Joseph Mays <mays@win.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.3 with LSI MegaRAID 9265-8i
Message-ID:  <CAHzLAVEuBupsCOShhSUW8Yz0eXLP4u%2BHL1VzTfDb0J6QCsLc6w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Joseph Mays <mays@win.net> wrote:
> Trying to load FreeBSD 8.3 on to an LSI MegaRAID 9265i volume -- 3 3TB disks
> for a total volume size of 8.8 TB. The installer program runs from the DVD
> (we are using 8.3 because we couldn't get a 9.0 boot disk to load at all,
> actually.) But when it gets to the point of creating partitions it says no
> hard disk is present. Is this something I should have expected, or am I
> missing something?

That device is based on the SAS2208 chip.  I had the same issue
(different card, same chip).  Check out the blog post below, it may
help.

http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2012/05/22/freebsd-on-dell-poweredge-12g-servers/

-- 
Take care
Rick Miller



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