Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:22:52 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Greg Rumple <grumple@zaphon.llamas.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 2550 Message-ID: <200104260022.f3Q0Mqb18799@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:07:57 PDT." <20010424230757.C47984@zaphon.llamas.net>
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> I just purchased a Dell Poweredge 2550 with the on-board Raid Controller
> option, and just burned a copy of the 4.3 release CD to install on it.
> It comes up stating it has a Dell Perc 3/Di raid controller, and all
> looks fine (I have a nice 100+ gig raid 5 array).
>
> I than boot the install, and it finds no drives. I'm assuming one of
> the following messages is the source of my problems.
>
> pci3: <unknown card> (vendor=0x9005, dev=0x00c5) at 4.0 irq 10
> pci2: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1028, dev=0x0002) at 2.1 irq 10
> pci1: <unknown card> (vendor-0x14e4, dev=0x1644) at 8.0 irq 10
>
> I was hoping this would just work out of the box. I'm hoping I can get
> this working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It does see the onboard Adaptec aic7899 controller, just not the raid
> controller.
If it's seeing the onboard Adaptec controller, and it has a 3/Di, then
you have forgotten to enable the RAID controller in the BIOS.
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