On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:35:53 +0100, cristian nicolae wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have a Compaq DL380 with an integrated Compaq Smart Array Controller.
> I have succesfully managed to install the FreeBSD 4.2-20010104
> and everything is fine but the DAT drive which is not detected.
> The DAT is connected to the same Controller as the RAID system.
>
> I have checked the archives and noticed that I am not the first one who
> has this problem. But I could not find any resource which could lead me
> to a
> solution.
>
> If any of you could give me any hints on that, I would be very grateful.
> I am at the point where I am considering switching to Linux because of
> that.
I don't think the ida driver in FreeBSD has SCSI passthrough capability.
That is to say that it doesn't hook into the CAM subsystem so that generic
tape, CDROM, changer, etc., devices will work.
I don't know whether or not the hardware itself has passthrough capability;
someone more familiar with those controllers will have to comment on that.
If the hardware can't handle it, switching to Linux won't help you. If it
does handle it, switching will only help if the Linux driver supports that
functionality.
> On the other hand does any of you have info whether Compaq will support
> officially FreeBSD in the future?
I don't know. They offer FreeBSD in their test drive program, though:
http://www.testdrive.compaq.com
Ken
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