Thanks,
Ryan Fox told me to change the BIOS setting from i2o to mass
storage. This setting worked great.
Shane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Peereboom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "shane mullins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: OpenBSD 3.8 and Dell 1850 with PERC4/DC controller
> You need to do some reading on the BIOS settings of the 1850. There
> is an option in there where you can switch from SCSI (mpt) to RAID
> (ami) mode and back. The trick is that it requires a so called "RAID
> key" for this functionality to work. This is a purchase option;
> don't know if you bought it or not. 1850s work fine with OpenBSD 3.8.
>
> /marco
>
> On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:14 AM, shane mullins wrote:
>
> > We have a Dell 1850 with a PERC4/DC controller. When I try
> > installing OpenBSD
> > 3.8, I am having some troubles. 3.8 will sees the card as with the
> > mpt0
> > driver. Which will not recognize my RAID1 config. The hardware
> > compatibility
> > guide tells me the mpt0 is support for a standard scsi card.
> > According to the
> > hardware guide, the correct driver for RAID support is ami. When I
> > boot with
> > the, boot -cs and add the ami driver support, I get a no disk drive
> > support.
> > To check the drive config I installed and booted another OS. Any
> > help/comments would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Shane
