4.0 on Dell 2650
Hi guys Just wanted to ask if any of you have experience putting openbsd 4.0 to a dell 2650? I tried to boot up using both cd40.iso and floppyB40.fs but it always says no disks found. haven't seen any scsi drives loaded. I tried an initial setup using RAID 5 hardware (configured) and see if 4.0 will see it but with no luck I even tried it with mirror and just a regular stripe.. with still no avail, makes me wonder does this mean openbsd doesn't support scsi controllers build into dell boxes? well any comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated. thanks, -Ed
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
On Feb 9, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Beavis wrote: Hi guys Just wanted to ask if any of you have experience putting openbsd 4.0 to a dell 2650? Sure. Me and the the thirty or so other people who have posted to this subject in the past year or two, Beavis! http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-miscw=2r=1s=2650q=b -- Jack J. Woehr Director of Development Absolute Performance, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303-443-7000 ext. 527
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
Beavis wrote: Hi guys Just wanted to ask if any of you have experience putting openbsd 4.0 to a dell 2650? I tried to boot up using both cd40.iso and floppyB40.fs but it always says no disks found. haven't seen any scsi drives loaded. I tried an initial setup using RAID 5 hardware (configured) and see if 4.0 will see it but with no luck I even tried it with mirror and just a regular stripe.. with still no avail, makes me wonder does this mean openbsd doesn't support scsi controllers build into dell boxes? well any comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated. thanks, -Ed Hi, What controller do you have? I'm just trying to install on a Poweredge 860 with a PERC 5IR. Do you have a dmesg? If you can't get one off your system, at the # prompt, you can still configure your network (dhclient/ifconfig) ftp is on the install CD if you have someplace to put it. Worked for me. Cheers, Steve W.
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
On Saturday 10 February 2007 00:09, you wrote: Hi guys Just wanted to ask if any of you have experience putting openbsd 4.0 to a dell 2650? I tried to boot up using both cd40.iso and floppyB40.fs but it always says no disks found. haven't seen any scsi drives loaded. I tried an initial setup using RAID 5 hardware (configured) and see if 4.0 will see it but with no luck I even tried it with mirror and just a regular stripe.. with still no avail, makes me wonder does this mean openbsd doesn't support scsi controllers build into dell boxes? well any comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated. Since you didn't provide a dmesg (boo) I can only guess, but typically Dell 2650s are equipped with aac(4) ROMB. aac(4) is not a supported driver anymore as can be seen in the FAQ here (scroll down to 12.7.7); http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq12.html Though it should be noted that as of revision 1.25 aac has improved somewhat and is a bit less error prone as experienced by some of us using this driver. But still, using aac with OpenBSD should not be recommended to those faint of heart. Regards Johan M:son
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
I'll try that jack thanks -ed On 2/9/07, Jack J. Woehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 9, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Beavis wrote: yup jack... just saw it when i did the google specifically for PERC 3Di The one thing I remember from all my Dell Fu is that if you disable all the raid stuff in the BIOS OpenBSD loads. So I guess it's broke w/r/t RAID may be the answer. Or maybe I'm wrong! Take care! *-- * *Jack J. Woehr* *Director of Development* *Absolute Performance, Inc.* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *303-443-7000 ext. 527* * *
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
hi Steve, I have a PERC 3/Di on an old Dell 2650, dmesg doesn't show that much info it's just that there's no disk and PERC 3/Di is not-configured seems like dell still hasn't budge .. seems like it's an old issue old donkey-dell.. -Ed On 2/9/07, Steve Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beavis wrote: Hi guys Just wanted to ask if any of you have experience putting openbsd 4.0to a dell 2650? I tried to boot up using both cd40.iso and floppyB40.fs but it always says no disks found. haven't seen any scsi drives loaded. I tried an initial setup using RAID 5 hardware (configured) and see if 4.0 will see it but with no luck I even tried it with mirror and just a regular stripe.. with still no avail, makes me wonder does this mean openbsd doesn't support scsi controllers build into dell boxes? well any comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated. thanks, -Ed Hi, What controller do you have? I'm just trying to install on a Poweredge 860 with a PERC 5IR. Do you have a dmesg? If you can't get one off your system, at the # prompt, you can still configure your network (dhclient/ifconfig) ftp is on the install CD if you have someplace to put it. Worked for me. Cheers, Steve W.
Re: 4.0 on Dell 2650
On 2/9/07, Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a PERC 3/Di on an old Dell 2650, dmesg doesn't show that much info it's just that there's no disk and PERC 3/Di is not-configured seems like dell still hasn't budge .. seems like it's an old issue old donkey-dell.. Yank out the RAID KEY and the PERC 3/Di will magically vanish and the raw drives will be accessible via the normal on-board controller. You lose hardware RAID, but you can the ability to boot OpenBSD 4.0 GENERIC kernel. Kevin
