Marco, Thanks a bunch for the help! I'll post again when it's resolved... -Victor
At 11:33 AM 5/26/2006, you wrote: >Ugh that means they are running the drive on a RAID channel. That is a bad >idea. Go for the 39160 option. > >On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:29:59AM -0700, Victor wrote: >> Marco, >> Thanks very much for your response. The tape drive does not show up on >> the BIOS messages, but before initially writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I was >> told by Dell that the absence of the tape drive on the messages was OK. >> I just called Dell again, and was told that it is normal for the PERC to >> not list devices on the SCSI channel in the boot messages when the other >> channel is RAID. The tech also stated that under certain circumstances >> or with certain products, running the PERC channels as RAID/SCSI would >> definitely cause issues such as OS or application non-detection / non- >> function. He suggested that an add-in controller, such as the Adaptec >> 39160, would be the optimal approach. >> I asked the tech if I could cause the tape drive to show up on the boot >> messages if I turned off the RAID, and he cautioned me to first >> disconnect the RAID array, and to steel my nerves for the ominous boot- >> up messages that I would receive. I might give that a try today or next >> week after Tuesday. >> The tech came across as knowledgeable and cooperative, nevertheless, it >> does seem odd to me that the tape drive would not show up on the boot >> messages. However, the tape drive does show up on the Ctrl M PERC BIOS >> screen. >> When I started trying to resolve this, I knew that the add-in card was a >> possible solution, and I am leaning towards it more now, especially >> since the Adaptec 39160 that the tech suggested is on the OpenBSD >> supported hardware list. ...snip
