diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/trouble.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/trouble.hlp index b5501653c45..22f228a6abb 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/trouble.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/trouble.hlp @@ -258,4 +258,12 @@ A: There appears to be a bug in the BIOS on at least some of these boards, Slice the disk in 'compatible' mode and install BootEasy during the FreeBSD installation to avoid the bug. +Q: When installing on an Dell Poweredge XE, Dell proprietary RAID controller + DSA (Dell SCSI Array) isn't recognized. + +A: Configure DSA to use AHA-1540 emulation using EISA configuration utility. + After that FreeBSD detects DSA as Adaptec AHA-1540 SCSI controller, with + irq 11 and port 340. Under emulation mode system will use DSA RAID disks, + but you cannot use DSA specific features such as watching RAID health. + [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ]