--On September 9, 2012 9:54:12 AM +0300 Theodor-Iulian Ciobanu
<thciob...@nth.ro> wrote:
On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:34:14 -0500
Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
I tried to install FreeBSD 9.0 Release on a Dell R410 with Perc H200A
today. When I tried ran the new installer it failed. So I switched
to sysinstall, but it couldn't recognize the disk.
I googled and found out that there's been a problem with no driver
for that controller. If I understand it correctly, the mps driver
works, but you had to use something called JBOD mode. I have no idea
what that is or how to set it up. I'm not real knowledgeable about
RAID and controllers and the like.
All I want to do is install FreeBSD on this box. Is there a version
of FreeBSD that will work with the Perc H200A? If so, how do I get
it?
I don't know if this is still the case, but there was a time when you
could use LSI2008 (the chipset) cards only with IT firmware (JBOD
mode) in FreeBSD.
To flash the H200A with the IT firmware, you had to go through some
hoops, as switching modes for this kind of cards is not done in one
step:
http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16266.aspx
Can anyone confirm that this is still the case? Does the mps driver
support this controller? Is it included in 8.3 RELEASE? Or am I going to
have to jump through hoops to get FreeBSD installed on this box?
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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