If it is any help, I have PE750's with SATA running Linux. Not sure if it would show in a similar way, but would a SATA drive show as a SCSI device? I think it does on my Dell 750s.
Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Re: Trouble installing to Dell PowerEdge > 850 > > > It appears that FreeBSD is not seeing this drive as attached for some > reason. Can you try a FreeBSD RC disk? > > On 11/1/05, Lynn A. Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some more info: > > > > when I run atacontrol info, it appears that the disk is not attached. I > > have booted to Linux and Windows installer and they both see the disk. I > > believe that the SATA drive should be on ATA channel 2. (According to th > > e boot messages, which show the ICH7 SATA Controller being detected with > > 4 channels, 2-5) > > > > # atacontrol list > > ATA channel 0: > > Master: acd0 <HL-DT-ST GCR-8240N/1.06> ATA/ATAPI revision 4 > > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 1: > > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 2: > > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 3: > > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 4: > > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 5: > > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > > > > > > > > Scott Ullrich wrote: > > > Please send the contents of /tmp/ after you receive the error message. > > > CTRL-C a number of times to break back to the shell and then SCP > > > then files somewhere. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > On 11/1/05, Lynn A. Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I should also note that it has a single SATA drive on the first SATA > > >>connection. I get the same issue with both of the two > identical systems. > > >> > > >>Lynn > > >> > > >> > > >>Scott Ullrich wrote: > > >> > > >>>What version? > > >>> > > >>>On 11/1/05, Lynn A. Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>I'm having trouble installing pfSense to my new Dell PE 850. > > >>>> > > >>>>The installer doesn't find a disk. If I do an lsdev before > booting, I > > >>>>see the disk and partitions. The system has a ICH7 chipset, which > > >>>>appears to be problematic at this point in time. Does > anyone have any > > >>>>idea how I could get this installed? Is there a way to > easily update > > >>>>the kernel in the installer? Would that even help? > > >>>> > > >>>>Thanks. > > >>>> > > >>>>Lynn A. Roth > > >>>>Network Administrator > > >>>>Interactive Financial Solutions, Inc. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > > >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > >> > > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
