Postby me@work » Fri Sep 21, 2012 13:15
As long as other OS's can see the disks correctly, it definitely is a driver issue.
You need to determine to which type of controller your drives are connected. There is an onboard fakeRAID controller (AIC7899 as Davie stated), but there may as well exist plug-in RAID controller(s) from LSI like U320-2 or (may your favorite deity save you from it) an Adaptec RAID controller like 2200 or 2120.
It might be hard though to find appropriate drivers for a recent OS on such an old hardware.
Edit:
Sorry, memory is ageing, just like those ancient boxes...
AIC7899 is not a RAID controller. Its descendent 7902 in fact is, but that's not in R450. 7899 is just a normal genuine SCSI controller chip.
If other OS editions detect the disks, you get at least an indication which type of driver is able to operate the controller. This could put you on the right trail for your desired OS.
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