From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 16 19: 5: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from prism.flugsvamp.com (cb58709-a.mdsn1.wi.home.com [24.17.241.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A867D37BA60 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:04:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlemon@flugsvamp.com) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by prism.flugsvamp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA50282; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:10:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jlemon) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:10:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Lemon Message-Id: <200008170210.VAA50282@prism.flugsvamp.com> To: zaphodb@zaphods.net, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq Smart RAID not on Installationdisk ? X-Newsgroups: local.mail.freebsd-stable In-Reply-To: Organization: Cc: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article you write: >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 :) If this machine has a DEC Smart Array chip, then you'll need to get a newer kernel than the one in 4.1-R, support for this was added a few days after the cd's shipped. Getting a newer kernel should be easy; just take the floppy containing kern.flp, mount it on an existing freebsd box, and copy a new kernel to it (obtained from compilation or a -stable snapshot). -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message