Re: Upgrading firmware/bios/boot on Areca ARC-1210
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:55:06PM +0200, Dominik Meister wrote: Hi Bob Bob Willcox [Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:41:52AM -0500]: I posted this same question on freebsd-scsi a few days ago but got no response there so I thought I try here. Can't really answer your question but I've found the Areca support to be very responsive and helpful. Just fill out the form on http://www.areca.com.tw/support/ask_a_question.htm. They usually answer within a few hours. Thanks Dominik. I have asked them at that site but since it was on a Friday I may have missed them for the weekend. Perhaps Monday I'll have my answer. I'm just reluctant to do this upgrade w/o some confidence that I won't lose all of my data. Bob -- Bob Willcox If you try to please everybody, nobody will like it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, TX ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrading firmware/bios/boot on Areca ARC-1210
I posted this same question on freebsd-scsi a few days ago but got no response there so I thought I try here. I want to update the firmware, bios, and boot code in my areca ARC-1210 raid controller and am a bit hesitant to do it for lack of any experience updating this card. I want to use the areca-cli program to do this and I see that the areca-cli looks like it supports updating the firmware (via the sys updatefw command), but I don't know if I can use this to update the bios and boot code as well or not. Can someone help me out on this? Also, is it ok to do this update while the system is up and using the card? I think this is the case (I suspect that the update doesn't really take effect till reboot), but was hoping someone with experience could comment. I also read somewhere on the Areca web site that you should update all three parts (firmware/bios/boot) prior to rebooting as otherwise the card may fail to operate due to mis-match of the code. Thanks, Bob -- Bob Willcox If you try to please everybody, nobody will like it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, TX ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrading firmware/bios/boot on Areca ARC-1210
Hi Bob Bob Willcox [Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:41:52AM -0500]: I posted this same question on freebsd-scsi a few days ago but got no response there so I thought I try here. Can't really answer your question but I've found the Areca support to be very responsive and helpful. Just fill out the form on http://www.areca.com.tw/support/ask_a_question.htm. They usually answer within a few hours. hope to help, Dominik -- Dominik Meister My public GnuPG key is available at http://www.meisternet.ch/gpg.txt pgpfXEp27IDaM.pgp Description: PGP signature
