Re: Mylex RAID Controller

[Dave Johnson <dave@monitus.co.uk>]

> > I have a Mylex DAC960PL RAID controller with firmware ver 
> 2.73 and BIOS ver
> > 1.41
> > There is just one EEPROM chip and so these are the 
> latest/highest versions
> > available.  I see from the OpenBSD/i386 page that 
> controllers supporting I2O
> > are
> > supported (including Intel and Mylex, but these were not 
> tested), but those
> > that
> > do not support I2O are not.  Unfortunately, Mylex is listed 
> under both
> > sections,
> > so I guess that mine does not support I2O :(
> >
> > I am willing to donate the time if anyone here can help, or 
> if anyone has
> > already got one of these things working I'd be more than 
> happy to hear from
> > you!
> >
> 
> I'm in the same sort of situation as you, except with a HP 
> NetRAID 1si.
> I've tried a few things to see if it would work, but I'm no expert.
> Try configuring an array with the default utility (BIOS or DOS-based)
> and boot with a 3.3 boot floppy (try floppy33B.fs first).

Thanks Louis - I have configured a RAID 1 drive using the DOS
utility and as floppyB33.fs supports 'many' RAID cards, I did try
it.  But the logical drive is not seen :(

-- DaveJ