Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:04:07 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: smitho@mantech-wva.com (Brian Smith), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8 and Dell RAID Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040720145315.04738628@mail.scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <44vfgipjp3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200407201840.i6KIeWI24332@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <44vfgipjp3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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At 02:22 PM 7/20/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Can someone tell me how to get the FreeBSD 4.8 install CD to recognize my > > > Dell RAID array? It needs the aac driver and it's not enabled on the 4.8 > > > GENERIC kernel. > > > > You may need to go to the 5.2.1 version. > >The aac driver was first introduced in 4.3, but it has come to support >more devices since then. It definitely *was* enabled on 4.8, so the >original poster definitely needs to look a little more closely. I've certainly had no trouble loading 4.8-RELEASE (from Walnut Creek CD distros) onto Dell platforms with built-in RAID (PERC 3/Di) using aac, and no trouble with either 4.8-STABLE or 4.9-STABLE since then. -------------------------------------- Greg Barniskis <gregb@scls.lib.wi.us> Library Interchange Network (LINK) South Central Library System (SCLS) (608) 266-6348 www.scls.lib.wi.us
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