IBM x345 serveRaid 6i fresh install problem

Thu Mar 25 02:11:12 PST 2004

I have tried to install FreeBSD 4.9, 5.1, 5.2.1 onto a IBM x345 while FreeBSD cannot recognize any disc and reported "No disks found". 

I have read several post regarding the installation issue with serveRaid and know that there are problem with the vendor ID and device ID with adaptec and so FreeBSD cannot correctly recognize the serveRaid 6i. 

Post below contains instruction on how to install the FreeBSD on serveRAID 6M with internal and external Disc. 
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/sho...light=serveRAID 

http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/ht...ary/001012.html 

Post below about exp for FreeBSD 2-BETA with servRAID 4MX 
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/sho...light=serveRAID 

Post about the vendor and device ID fix
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.c...f?r1=1.6&r2=1.7
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.c...?r1=1.9&r2=1.10

But I have the following question 
1. I don't have 6M card so I can't get a helper disk like what the author did
2. Is the Device ID of 6M is that same as 6i and what is the Device ID of 6i if they are different ? 
3. Is 2-BETA suitable for production environment ? 
4. Is 2-BETA fixes also for serveRAID 6i ? 
5. I saw from post above seeems like vendor ID and device ID have been fixed on 19 March, 2003. How can I get the latest installation media with that build ?
6. I have another machine installed FreeBSD, can this machine help ?
7. Or could anyone help list the detailed steps to build a bootable installaion floopy (fixit ?) so as to correctly recognize my serveRAID 6i for installation ? Though I have read the "Release Engineering" article, but I still can't do....

Any help is much appreciated.

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