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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:32:31 -0700
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@csun.edu>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: All SCSI Install: No Disks Found!
Message-ID:  <20000329113231.A92169@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <38E2420A.7A2CA84@csun.edu>; from albert.kinderman@csun.edu on Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:48:58AM -0800
References:  <38E2420A.7A2CA84@csun.edu>

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On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:48:58 -0800, Albert Kinderman wrote:
> I am trying to install 3.4 on a Dell PowerEdge 4400 which has three scsi
> controllers: an Adaptec AIC-7899 and an AIC-7880 on board and a
> 2940U2W.  Right now, the cdrom is on the 7880 and the two hard drives
> are on the 7899.
> 
> Using either the floppies or the 3.4 cdrom to begin the install, the
> install kernel boots, but when I choose the install type (novice, quick,
> or custom), the install fails with the message that no hard drives are
> found.
> 
> In looking at the messages that flash by and those to be found by
> Alt-F2, I can see that the PCI bus is probed and the Intel ethernet card
> is found (fxp0), but there are no adaptec controllers found (ahc0 or
> ahc1).
> 
> Is there something special to be done for an all scsi install?  My
> previous experience is with ide drives.

The 7899 isn't supported in 3.4, but it is supported in FreeBSD 4.0.  So
you need to install 4.0.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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