From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 01:11:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3156416A41C; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:11:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brucegb@realtime.net) Received: from ruth.realtime.net (ruth.realtime.net [205.238.132.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C800243D4C; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:11:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brucegb@realtime.net) Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain (unverified [70.113.33.56]) by realtime.net (Realtime Communications Advanced E-Mail Services V9.2) with ESMTP id 87466139 for multiple; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:09:54 -0500 Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5R19rQh050246; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:09:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brucegb@tigerfish2.my.domain) Received: (from brucegb@localhost) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j5R19rK8050245; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:09:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brucegb) Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:09:53 -0500 From: Bruce Burden To: nethaniel@box201.com Message-ID: <20050627010953.GA50229@tigerfish2.my.domain> References: <42BEDA12.9080600@ibsd.us> <20050626182156.0BBD843D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050626182156.0BBD843D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Cc: 'Bob Bomar' , questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID Cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:11:26 -0000 On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 12:21:02PM -0600, nethaniel@box201.com wrote: > I can say my experience with adaptec 3200s cards has not been the most > fruitful. It's been 2 weeks now and I cannot even get my system to load past > the initial bootup options screen. Anything but option 6 fails. The sad > thing is I have a driver but I need to load some kind of os on the system or > I cannot load my driver. > Fails how? I was not able to boot 5.4 with my Adaptec 3210S installed. I believe the best I got was a hang or a panic. I finally got the system to behave when I added OPTION ASR_TOOLS to the kernel. What is option 6 in the boot screen? Bruce -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes