The first time around, the "PB0CROSS" command failed on the first erase cycle at 30%. Because there was a second cycle, I simply continued with the guide. However, when I booted into the Linux image, it threw a large number of errors on boot and when I pressed enter to continue, it did not let me run the "satsas" command.
linuxerror (for some reason, I could not upload the images directly as it said the files were too large to process)
Running the "info" command, it threw the same error as the "setsas" command.
Booting back into the FreeDOS image, and trying the "info" command there, it did not give any output besides the header.
Free-DOSinfo
This is my original configuration, running the "info" command on FreeDOS.
startinginfo
After these errors, I went back and did the entire process again (without the "PB0REVRT" command in FreeDOS) and this time around it did not fail at 30%, however I had the same issue where it refused to set the SAS address and pick up the LSI card.
Before I started, I removed the battery from the controller as instructed, removed my drives (backed up, I don't care about the data on them), and reset the controller to factory defaults. I did not reset the BIOS to defaults, however I did not make any relevant changes.
It's quite late for me at the moment, so I just left it at that for now. The guide said that resetting the SAS address to what it was before wasn't strictly required, but I'm concerned that it did not detect a LSI card.
I did not try the "PB0REVRT" command in FreeDOS yet, although that's certainly an option if there is a better way to go about flashing it to IT mode.
What steps can I take to flash the card correctly, and what errors might have occurred to cause this? In addition, once I have flashed the card, is there a way to confirm that everything is functional and working?