> From: richard <richardbrit...@hotmail.co.uk> > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 14:26:11 +0000 > > Hi all: > > Im installing 5.8 64 bit on a SunSparc 5240 with an array of 10 disks. > > If I boot into Solaris the array takes a while to initialise, but > eventually gets there and then I get a Solaris environment. > > When I boot the install58 CD I get an OpenBSD setup environment, but > when it gets to the which disk would you like to use > question the options are none i.e. no disk found. > > Im assuming that the install CD does not have the driver for the > array, but so far as I can tell other folk have managed to install > on similar boxes.
I'm guessing the array is connected to this device: > "Adaptec ASR-2200S" rev 0x09 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 not configured Pretty sure we don't have a driver for that. Seems that even for Linux there is only a proprietery (closed-source) driver. On top of that, Adaptec RAID is n't very popular in our community. I'm sure googling for "OpenBSD Adaptec RAID" will make an entertaining read. Make sure you don't miss Nick Holland's notes! The built-in SAS controller is supported by the mpi(4) driver. It should support SATA disks as well. So perhps that provides a useful option to make this box usable with OpenBSD. If you want to use the external disk array, you chould try to replace the Adaptec card with one that is supported by OpenBSD. Cheers, Mark
