JWMutant Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) I start by giving you the back story. A while ago I bought 2 LSI cards both exactly the same cards. Flashed the cards but only ended up using 1 card as I didn't have the need for the second card..... until now. So I stuck the card into a spare x8 slot and booted up and got the attached screen. It holts on this and doesnt go past it. I end up having to press the restart button at which point it gets to that point again and shows the same message but allows me to proceed. Anyone have any ideas? Edited July 25, 2021 by JWMutant Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Try deleting the BIOS, it's not needed for Unraid. Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 hours ago, JorgeB said: Try deleting the BIOS, it's not needed for Unraid. I should be able to ctrl c and disable it there shouldnt I? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Pretty sure he meant reflash without the BIOS. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 You can just delete it: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/12114-lsi-controller-fw-updates-irit-modes/?do=findComment&comment=632252 Note: with multiple controllers you need to select the controller or it will delete the BIOS from the first one. 1 Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 I’m going to have to do a little bit of research on how to do that I can’t even remember how I flashed it it’s been many many years since I did it.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 So if Im reading things correctly I basically need to go through the whole process as if I was going to flash the card to IT. Except I just input the command sas2flash -o -e 5 If thats the case I may need to try and find a sas2flash.efi as The last time I did this some years ago I had issues with the DOS version. Does that sound about right? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 You just need to boot with DOS and run that command, if the board has UEFI support you'll need to use a UEFI shell instead, it's possible to update an LSI using Unraid but unfortunately the Linux binary doesn't work with the delete BIOS option. Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, JorgeB said: You just need to boot with DOS and run that command, if the board has UEFI support you'll need to use a UEFI shell instead, it's possible to update an LSI using Unraid but unfortunately the Linux binary doesn't work with the delete BIOS option. Ill give it a go in the next day or so. Just to be on the safe side I will stick it in my gaming PC so yea will have to use uefi shell. Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Just one quick question. I had a Dell Perc H310 going back some 6 odd years ago that I started going down the road of flashing to IT but didnt have much luck with it at the time. But I cant remember what stage I got upto in the flashing process. Is it safe to reflash (Basically start again)? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, JWMutant said: Is it safe to reflash (Basically start again)? Usually yes. 1 Quote Link to comment
JWMutant Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 I am happy to report that sas2flash -o -e 5 worked perfectly. Thanks for the help. 2 Quote Link to comment
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