Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:21:16 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dell Perc H200A Message-ID: <C36D542AFD535A4F6855DF6F@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <20120909095412.00005a47@unknown> References: <CBFFB82A066EA9FF93D814B7@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20120909095412.00005a47@unknown>
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--On September 9, 2012 9:54:12 AM +0300 Theodor-Iulian Ciobanu <thciobanu@nth.ro> wrote: > On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:34:14 -0500 > Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: > >> I tried to install FreeBSD 9.0 Release on a Dell R410 with Perc H200A >> today. When I tried ran the new installer it failed. So I switched >> to sysinstall, but it couldn't recognize the disk. >> >> I googled and found out that there's been a problem with no driver >> for that controller. If I understand it correctly, the mps driver >> works, but you had to use something called JBOD mode. I have no idea >> what that is or how to set it up. I'm not real knowledgeable about >> RAID and controllers and the like. >> >> All I want to do is install FreeBSD on this box. Is there a version >> of FreeBSD that will work with the Perc H200A? If so, how do I get >> it? > > I don't know if this is still the case, but there was a time when you > could use LSI2008 (the chipset) cards only with IT firmware (JBOD > mode) in FreeBSD. > > To flash the H200A with the IT firmware, you had to go through some > hoops, as switching modes for this kind of cards is not done in one > step: > http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16266.aspx > Can anyone confirm that this is still the case? Does the mps driver support this controller? Is it included in 8.3 RELEASE? Or am I going to have to jump through hoops to get FreeBSD installed on this box? Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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