Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 10:41:50 -0400 From: "Charley" <bsd@agileemmy.com> To: james_mapson@museum.rain.com, Charley <bsd@agileemmy.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an old Compaq Message-ID: <20030507144150.M83599@agileemmy.com> In-Reply-To: <20030506155620.A20420@ns.museum.rain.com> References: <20030506173547.M36636@agileemmy.com> <20030506155620.A20420@ns.museum.rain.com>
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On Tue, 6 May 2003 15:56:20 -0700, James Long wrote > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 01:35:47PM -0400, Charley wrote: > > > > Is there something else that I need? > > Unrelated to your symptoms, perhaps, but a copy of a Compaq > SmartStart CD appropriate for your vintage of server is useful, > especially if you have a Compaq RAID controller in the box. The > SmartStart CD can configure your RAID and then (assuming its a Smart- > 2-something or SmartArray 3200) FreeBSD should recognize the RAID > controller and logical drives as the ida device and disks idad0, > idad1, etc. Any idea where I could obtain such a thing? I had kinda come to the same conclusion in dealing with HP's web site, but I haven't been able to find a place to even order the proper cd.
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