Jeffrey Williams writes: | I don't know if anyone specifically is working on this, but just tried | to install FreeBSD 6.1 from CD on a Dell 2950 with the PERC 5/i SAS | controller. | | This server was originally configured with two hardware RAID virual | disks, the first was RAID 1 with two 36GB drives, and the second was | RAID 5 with three 72 GB drives. | | Just like the original PR, the first was detected and identified in the | the installer volume setup as both mfid0 and mfid1. | | In order to try and work around the problem and just get the machine up | and running, I tried deleting the RAID 1 virtual disk with the intention | of installing everything to the RAID 5 virtual disk, however, with the | first virtual disk removed, no drives where detected at all. | | Next I will be trying removing the physical drives original used in the | RAID 1 virtual disk, and re-initializing the RAID 5 array. I will | provide an update if successful. | | In the meantime if anybody else is aware of another work around of fix | for this, I appreciate hearing about it. If a patch comes out soon, I | will be happy to provide testing, but I have a small window as this | server was being implemented as an emergency replacement for another server.
Upgrade the mfi driver to -stable. Doug A. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"