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List:       freebsd-stable
Subject:    RE: installation on Dell Precision 620 (AIC-7899)
From:       "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel () hutchtel ! net>
Date:       2000-06-30 22:53:45
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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

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