Why do you think the controller is recognized by F29?
I used
"lspci" and I saw it listed.
I used "lsscsi" and saw it listed
When you did the fresh install did you supply an external driver
disk?
or did the basic iso see it without anything extra?
The basic iso see it without
anything extra (Areca driver is already in the kernel)
If I use "dmesg" then I see this:
31.942855] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 0 lun = 0
[ 34.675863] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 0, num_aborts = 1
[ 44.731864] scsi 12:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 65.734858] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 1 lun = 0
[ 68.467858] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 1, num_aborts = 2
[ 78.523892] scsi 12:0:1:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 99.526856] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 2 lun = 0
[ 102.259830] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 2, num_aborts = 3
[ 112.316826] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 2 lun = 0
[ 115.043833] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 3, num_aborts = 4
[ 125.115840] scsi 12:0:2:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 146.116451] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 3 lun = 0
[ 148.848891] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 4, num_aborts = 5
[ 158.903014] scsi 12:0:3:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 179.901823] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 6 lun = 0
[ 182.634292] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 5, num_aborts = 6
[ 192.689283] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 6 lun = 0
[ 195.416755] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 6, num_aborts = 7
[ 205.485866] scsi 12:0:6:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 226.142935] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 7 lun = 0
[ 228.875402] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 7, num_aborts = 8
[ 238.929720] scsi 12:0:7:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 259.928309] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 8 lun = 0
[ 262.660774] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 8, num_aborts = 9
[ 272.714901] scsi 12:0:8:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 294.025507] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 10 lun = 0
[ 296.767621] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 9, num_aborts = 10
[ 306.821863] scsi 12:0:10:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 327.820517] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 12 lun = 0
[ 330.552996] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 10, num_aborts = 11
[ 340.607982] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 12 lun = 0
[ 343.326886] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 11, num_aborts = 12
[ 353.358146] scsi 12:0:12:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 374.269799] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 14 lun = 0
[ 376.991165] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 12, num_aborts = 13
[ 387.006697] scsi 12:0:14:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 407.954533] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 15 lun = 0
[ 410.666396] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 13, num_aborts = 14
[ 420.651803] arcmsr12: abort device command of scsi id = 15 lun = 0
[ 423.357996] arcmsr: executing bus reset eh.....num_resets = 14, num_aborts = 15
[ 433.358641] scsi 12:0:15:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[ 433.358848] scsi 12:0:16:0: Processor Areca RAID controller R001 PQ: 0
ANSI: 0
[ 433.359698] scsi 12:0:16:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 3