Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:53:45 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Lint^^" <lint@satan.dyn.reject.org> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899) Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHAEIECDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006301434230.25182-100000@cerberus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Lint^^ [mailto:lint@satan.dyn.reject.org] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 1:40 PM > To: Josh Paetzel > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899) > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > > > thanks for the reply josh... i just have one (dumb) question for > > > you... how exactly should i go about disabling RAID mode and > putting the > > > disks into straight SCSI mode? i've tried un-defining any and all RAID > > > arrays in the configuration tool that you can boot into off that 'dell > > > resource cd', i also tried making each disk its own RAID0, > and making a > > > RAID0 consisting of both disks... also standalone.. no dice > anywhere... am > > > i messing something up there? > > > > > > adam > > > > > On the machine we had, the aic-7899 was configured in the BIOS > settings. If > > you tell it to be a SCSI controller then FBSD should pick it up at boot > > time....no kernel mods needed. AFAIK the RAID mode of that chip is not > > supported by FBSD and that is why you can't get it to find your devices. > > > > > > > > > > > apparently on the precision 620, you can't configure the 7899 in the BIOS > (other than disable/enable)... but the ARO-1302 RAID controller (the > offending part here) is positioned in an expansion slot, while the 7899 > SCSI controller is embedded onto the motherboard. i can't remember if the > SCSI cable connecting the drives is plugged into the RAID controller or > not, but if they are, the solution seems to be pull them out of there, > plug them directly into the SCSI ports on the motherboard, and optionally > yank the ARO-1302 card until such time as a driver is > implemented. regarding SMP, i seem to remember previous threads on this > list saying that support for these SCSI chips _and_ SMP at the same time > was backported into 4.0-STABLE sometime in april/may ?? > > adam > yes, that should solve the problem. Josh > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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