From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 2 21:26:29 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12CC1431779 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68160712AA for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:26:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.226.69]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MEmAX-1gYSUZ0CT5-00GIMc for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:26:20 +0100 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 22:26:19 +0100 From: Polytropon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on HP Computer that is using software RAID 5 Message-Id: <20190102222619.c63f20f0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:WxoLNf+m3nfL66q2d232GAmq4gyMesA1cJz8B8KHb9PIhVKlMPP c7uDfPNEfsHeib919L4mV5fITva3zo+Hjsq0AlJ9mGk07TKso2Nr7iS+Q8M0WMLu/fKj0Re jd+cmrynSC6Bt8/wGGySRloG4yBs4yuqzwRK1xJEZeKsbVLchD6I3GxLsgHBjcBynjugVkh Yxn3+1gXBpPi8yoHErAVw== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:k1HbrxjEvlk=:DCMpcw5btlDUVVIWEOzLCb o9o3CoSuLk++xeexDWclAZRmPwsn4TGVPGHERMmYW8IhA+xCpdkpIGfWsm1l18EsboLfQegSu yOYJVv5p+CLcU3uZPzOmT42vlWi6gIMHm9tiQcydkWmhVIIzi6yRvISmnmzM9mvq5m9xqdTa9 kAhoUfuY/GKsv+KJ94/x6jh+mkTfOejfxesNOc3/G+H79FFbtZKTlpj+V0vp9LJxGtOLpqLfY HhFEIOd6GHAlPOAXbXFAm0Bqn4URVRXdYwwMm+7o3yNgo+V6ql7GMwl+P50lAiKlLP3ou5cfQ 7sSSjh3pQbQRwS4jJGr4WWVbE86SOxbNZsSAtIAitFAzp8UgsJuSJYLnqOwW008gqVlD4oxMp sogYjMAbPT24ZxtgHFfOzItvWB9cwRYd0HAxPqcMr2hrtS1VaIWQkfUi6vfeRTFtI27e+ust+ iQ1tCrQvSKp8PHyMr4TQzI4B4n+FwyI8iMJN3ksMnJ59hQoOit95CVFIMkas0QQBb1MnMLEB+ Joea/4D9mIZ4d6AM/5PjmmbH5LZC+DCIX/iQSMdixP5omhDj3pJjB2jS7pYnrhIVEEtzyt01A q1989qHKsfXXXkmqnN981oNugt31VY2fhurU01PNCbCVsHMxcEeRwPjrs2UJ3e1IQSqDBf4FN pqNQ4pyNJVndta/K1TmJoa9CymvGS8Pao9xYHZW+0ii+GabdocL3M4Q9/Qpg/EKDkc0Qbu0iu oPjdW0/2m6Ft9lRJMQbUtOQ5xJwHBohjJr2wQdGiXvvD6utEgrWVAH7vKYE= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 68160712AA X-Spamd-Bar: +++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [5.04 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mx01.schlund.de]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[69.226.193.92.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.78)[0.778,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.67)[0.673,0]; IP_SCORE(0.23)[ipnet: 217.72.192.0/20(0.22), asn: 8560(0.96), country: DE(-0.01)]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.96)[0.964,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[75.192.72.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[75.192.72.217.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.17]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:26:29 -0000 On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:06:33 +0000, Carmel NY wrote: > Three SATA drives, 1,863 GB each, configured into a RAID 5 with 3,762 > total GB > > This is a software RAID, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 16.5.1.1030 > > I have included the full information at the end. The system is > presently running Win 10 PRO just fine. I want to convert it to a > FreeBSD 12 system. If I install FreeBSD 12 amd64 utilizing ZFS, will it > recognize the drives and set them up correctly or will I have to do > something manually? I want to keep the RAID setup and not use the > drives individually. Is there a reason you don't want to use ZFS's native RAID features? It's commonly suggested to not rely on software RAID and instead let ZFS manage the drives. You can construct the same RAID setups with ZFS as you can with the controller, and as you're going to scratch the existing content anyway, there is no need to preserve anything of the previous layout. More information here: http://www.zfsbuild.com/2010/05/26/zfs-raid-levels/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS#RAID-Z -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...