Installation troubles

[michael Alexander]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: michael Alexander
> Subject: RE: Installation troubles
> 
> 
> Stop and think about your question,  what is the purpose of raid?
> FBSD has no problem using an normal scsi hard drive as install
> target.
> Raid has very special purpose in life, and holding the operating
> system is not one of them.

I actually thought that the OS really should reside on a Raid array, so that
in the case of a disk failure your system doesn't fully crash and require a
reinstall.

Would I run into this same issue with a supported IDE raid card?

  Since this will be a mission critical server (mail server w/imap) we don't
want to lose any time because of drive failures.  The raid card is listed as
being supported at the site.

 
> Leaving the raid card in while installing FBSD on IDE drive should
> work also.
> You can also read the list of supported devices at www.freebsd.org
> maybe your card is not supported at all.
> 
> Any how that is my option based on my experience, for what ever that
> is worth.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael Alexander [mailto:linux at milwaukeevalve.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:57 AM
> To: fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com
> Subject: RE: Installation troubles
> 
> Thanks, I will try that.
> 
> Does FBSD not support raid targets very well during install?
> 
> -Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:37 AM
> > To: michael Alexander
> > Subject: RE: Installation troubles
> >
> >
> > If I understand your environment correctly, you are trying to use
> > the scsi raid hard drive as the target to install FBSD on. I think
> > FBSD can use that scsi raid device for data storage after FBSD is
> > installed on an IDE hard drive. Just for an learning experience, I
> > would add an IDE HD to the pc, remove the scsi card, and try
> > installing FBSD again. After FBSD is installed on the IDE HD
> replace
> > the scsi raid card and check the var/run/dmesg.boot file which
> > contains a copy of all the probe messages from the booting process
> > and look to see if FBSD found your scsi card.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of michael
> > Alexander
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:46 AM
> > To: fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: RE: Installation troubles
> >
> > I find no virus boot detection options in the bios on this machine
> > (I have
> > seen it on our workstation machines, so I know what you are
> talking
> > about)
> >
> > Just to confirm that the raid is working (since I did add drives
> and
> > rebuild
> > it all since it was last used) I just began another Netware
> install,
> > and it
> > is happily going along, created a dos partition and formatted it.
> >
> > Next possibility?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:17 PM
> > > To: michael Alexander; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > Subject: RE: Installation troubles
> > >
> > >
> > > Check your system bio's and turn off virus boot detection.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of michael
> > > Alexander
> > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:17 PM
> > > To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > Subject: Installation troubles
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >   I am trying to install FreeBSD (have tried 4.9, and the 5.1
> > ISO's)
> > > It
> > > hangs at:
> > > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> > >
> > > My hardware:
> > > Intel NA440BX MB, 512MB ram, dual PIII 350 processors
> > > Mylex Acceleraid 250(DAC960)
> > > Latest bios/firmware downloaded and installed on both MB and
> Raid
> > > card last
> > > week.
> > >
> > > ISO's downloaded last week as well.
> > >
> > > I know the raid card works, I had netware installed on the
> machine
> > > prior to
> > > moving it to new hardware.
> > >
> > > If there was an option to install unlisted drivers at the
> initial
> > > setup
> > > screen, where I am suppose to remove drivers that do not apply,
> > then
> > > I might
> > > be able to continue on and get this installed.  I selected
> FreeBSD
> > > because
> > > it seemed to be abit more up to date with releases of other
> > software
> > > we
> > > would be running (Sendmail 8.12.10, etc)
> > >
> > > Any suggestions where to begin troubleshooting the install?  I
> did
> > > download
> > > the latest drivers for the card as well, but all the install
> > > instructions
> > > I've found assume there is already a working FreeBSD system,
> which
> > I
> > > do not
> > > have.
> > >
> > > (FWIW, Redhat 9 also is failing to install, it locks up loading
> > its
> > > DAC960
> > > driver -never even gets to any sort of config)
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Mike