Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:49:19 +0300 From: Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Matrix RAID (ICH8R) rebuild? Message-ID: <4651A35F.7030502@bulinfo.net> In-Reply-To: <DBE728CF-DF9B-46BA-9D84-D8F012B7E4A3@gid.co.uk> References: <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net> <AF69FCA8-F352-4A91-9717-4227567223F3@gid.co.uk> <465187FA.8030204@bulinfo.net> <DBE728CF-DF9B-46BA-9D84-D8F012B7E4A3@gid.co.uk>
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Bob Bishop wrote: > > On 21 May 2007, at 12:52, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > >> Bob Bishop wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 21 May 2007, at 10:07, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have problems rebuilding RAID1 array. The bios shows status >>>> 'Rebuild' and 'Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within >>>> the operating system'. >>>> When I try to do 'atacontrol rebuild ar0': >>>> atacontrol: ioctl(IOCATARAIDREBUILD): Device not configured >>> >>> From the output below, assuming the system is running OK, the RAID >>> doesn't need rebuilding. The BIOS is just confused about the state >>> of the array, it will probably still boot from it OK. >> Yes, it boots OK but the RAID need rebuilding. This status is result >> of disconnecting the second disk, booting, create some files and then >> reconnect the second disk. [etc] > > OK. You need to follow the steps in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/raid.html > section 18.4.3. Be careful to detach/reattach the right disk :-) > > When the rebuild has finished you may find that the BIOS doesn't > realize the array has been rebuilt, but that may not matter (much). > After rebuilding the bios shows 'Normal' status. It seems that the ata-raid driver can't detect when the array need rebuilding. Thanks for your help > -- > Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 > rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 > > > > >
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