From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 4 11:25:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083F3106566C for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:25:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986338FC12 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:25:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so2389471wwc.31 for ; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:25:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.69.194 with SMTP id a2mr2866205wbj.57.1307186735285; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:25:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.47] (paris.c-mal.com [88.170.200.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m8sm1591416wbh.62.2011.06.04.04.25.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:25:34 -0700 (PDT) References: <4DDEB581.9060403@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8J2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <155048F0-4EF5-46EA-AC04-DFA0C999D8EA@my.gd> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8J2) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:25:26 +0200 To: Jaime Kikpole Cc: Steve Polyack , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Dell R210 "no disks found" 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: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:25:37 -0000 On 3 Jun 2011, at 17:18, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Steve Polyack wrote:= >> I'm assuming these have the PERC H200 cards in them. If so, you will nee= d >> the mps(4) driver which is only available in FreeBSD 8-STABLE built somet= ime >> after the 8.2 release. You can find ISO snapshots of 8-STABLE builds her= e >> http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/. Search the list archives for >> "PERC H200" for more information. >=20 > I made a DVD from the ISO and then it booted. I had to destroy the > RAID array, unfortunately. It looks 8-STABLE can see the disks as > /dev/da0 and /dev/da1, but it can't see the array. >=20 This is both normal and excpected, at this point in time the mps driver can'= t work with h200's hard raid. > My next issue is this: I can use the DVD to install 8.2-RELEASE, but > not 8-STABLE. However, 8.2-RELEASE can't boot, sinc eit doesn't have > the driver for the HDs. Am I missing something? >=20 You need to get mfsbsd by Martin Matuska. Then, prepare a 8.2 world along with the kernel containing the mps driver an= d/or module. Once your image is done, install a dummy Linux on your box. Next, inject your mfsbsd image in the disks with dd , and reboot. Once you reboot you'll have a fully functional bsd running from ram. You will then be able to perform a manual install as I roughly describe here= : http://my.gd/bsd.htm(l) You will also need, once your install is done, to recopy a kernel including t= he mps driver, seeing the one from the 8.2 isos doesn't. > Thanks, > Jaime Kikpole >=20 > --=20 > Network Administrator > Cairo-Durham Central School District > http://cns.cairodurham.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"