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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:00:28 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Stefan Schmidt <zaphodb@zaphods.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compaq Smart RAID not on Installationdisk ?
Message-ID:  <20000816180028.R4854@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008162330250.13304-100000@boombox.zaphods.net>; from zaphodb@zaphods.net on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:16:26AM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008162330250.13304-100000@boombox.zaphods.net>

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* Stefan Schmidt <zaphodb@zaphods.net> [000816 16:17] wrote:
> hi there, 
> we recently received a test machine from Compaq, whose only two
> harddisks live behind a Compaq Smart RAID Array. A Collegue of mine if
> currently trying to install Linux on that machine, whilst i'm up to trying
> to install FreeBSD on it because i saw that the ida device (Compaq Smart
> RAID) is supported by at least 4.1-STABLE (didn't look the other versions
> up though). To come to the point: device ida does not seem to be supported
> by the installation disk(set) so if anyone could provide me with one that
> does have support for the ida device plus fxp and wx i'd be ready to give
> it a try :)
> 
> FYI:
> the machine in question is a Compaq Proliant DL 360, 1 U high, dual PIII
> 800 (coppermine), 1 gig RAM, two onboard intel ether express whatever
> NICs, one Intel Gigabit Ethernet NIC and two 18GB i think scsi disks
> behind that damn (sorry :) Smart Array Controller.
> 
> http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/proliantdl360/index.html

The 4.1 install disks have 'ida' on them, does it probe but just refuse
to install?  (you can use scroll-lock to page up to view the probe
messages)

-Alfred


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