Re: Dell R210 no disks found
On 3 Jun 2011, at 17:18, Jaime Kikpole jkikp...@cairodurham.org wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Steve Polyack kor...@comcast.net wrote: I'm assuming these have the PERC H200 cards in them. If so, you will need the mps(4) driver which is only available in FreeBSD 8-STABLE built sometime after the 8.2 release. You can find ISO snapshots of 8-STABLE builds here http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/. Search the list archives for PERC H200 for more information. I made a DVD from the ISO and then it booted. I had to destroy the RAID array, unfortunately. It looks 8-STABLE can see the disks as /dev/da0 and /dev/da1, but it can't see the array. This is both normal and excpected, at this point in time the mps driver can't work with h200's hard raid. My next issue is this: I can use the DVD to install 8.2-RELEASE, but not 8-STABLE. However, 8.2-RELEASE can't boot, sinc eit doesn't have the driver for the HDs. Am I missing something? You need to get mfsbsd by Martin Matuska. Then, prepare a 8.2 world along with the kernel containing the mps driver and/or module. Once your image is done, install a dummy Linux on your box. Next, inject your mfsbsd image in the disks with dd , and reboot. Once you reboot you'll have a fully functional bsd running from ram. You will then be able to perform a manual install as I roughly describe here: http://my.gd/bsd.htm(l) You will also need, once your install is done, to recopy a kernel including the mps driver, seeing the one from the 8.2 isos doesn't. Thanks, Jaime Kikpole -- Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District http://cns.cairodurham.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Steve Polyack kor...@comcast.net wrote: I'm assuming these have the PERC H200 cards in them. If so, you will need the mps(4) driver which is only available in FreeBSD 8-STABLE built sometime after the 8.2 release. You can find ISO snapshots of 8-STABLE builds here http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/. Search the list archives for PERC H200 for more information. I made a DVD from the ISO and then it booted. I had to destroy the RAID array, unfortunately. It looks 8-STABLE can see the disks as /dev/da0 and /dev/da1, but it can't see the array. My next issue is this: I can use the DVD to install 8.2-RELEASE, but not 8-STABLE. However, 8.2-RELEASE can't boot, sinc eit doesn't have the driver for the HDs. Am I missing something? Thanks, Jaime Kikpole -- Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District http://cns.cairodurham.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
On 5/26/11 9:16 PM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under Custom), it tells me No disks found! and then points me to the hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. Thanks, Jaime Kikpole If your r210 has a h200 RAID card, then it is *not* supported in the 8.2 iso images. It is supported through the mps driver in 8.2-RELEASE though. You'll need to go in the RAID setup to destroy the logical device. Next, you'll need to download Martin Matuska's MFSBSD and rebuild it with the 8.2-RELEASE sources to include the mps driver in the kernel. Once you've booted from that, you'll be able to see your hard drives as /dev/da0 and /dev/da1 You will have to create a software RAID using either gmirror or ZFS, and install the OS on your mirror. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. I've got loads of these and never had a problem, including 8.2-REL. do the drives definately show up in the bios and whilst the machine posts? Sometimes weird stuff happens if you have a bad iso, try reburning your install media. Also try a linux install disk to verify its not OS dependent. good luck Paul. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Dell R210 no disks found
I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under Custom), it tells me No disks found! and then points me to the hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. Thanks, Jaime Kikpole -- Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District http://cns.cairodurham.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
On 05/26/11 15:16, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under Custom), it tells me No disks found! and then points me to the hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. I'm assuming these have the PERC H200 cards in them. If so, you will need the mps(4) driver which is only available in FreeBSD 8-STABLE built sometime after the 8.2 release. You can find ISO snapshots of 8-STABLE builds here http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/. Search the list archives for PERC H200 for more information. Steve Polyack ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
Jaime, If you are using the on board controller, try changing the BIOS settings between AHCI and ATA. An issue you may have with ATA, the internal DVDROM may not work. I always had an external USB CDROM so I can't say for certain. Hope that helps. Barrett W. Clark On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jaime Kikpole jkikp...@cairodurham.org wrote: I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under Custom), it tells me No disks found! and then points me to the hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. Thanks, Jaime Kikpole -- Network Administrator Cairo-Durham Central School District http://cns.cairodurham.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
