From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 23 02:49:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B474216A41B for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from omegadraconis@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC7913C458 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from omegadraconis@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1709261waf.3 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:49:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=YU34QCH9NIt0f7b5TVW41lq5oK8fecWIWomo3xz8+6A=; b=o4YmWBOLGhZn306h8kBKXp0vhe9zsiJZpJ3HdOh2EhWTmvZxcub7NoXzBffT05iiFIM/EG1oLKkIEGkokAH7RqnOS5I9g28S9LK98JrXJzwPHCljKDIsO2ByjdHTd7mTtO90MLw16toE/WbnBiVCJscrTCnDL1z6/1roIphjxBg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=KCooPXhFL1/R7Kxj7DjL4Fz3zL2ReYvGduUhK9q3VoUqy05B8hI8+ekr3x5Emz43mm6xCvL5XVmqEcl4hPQkeXp8PWa031+q2diGnJsVb5SLwjhGsrxAoJK3w33EyI1iKJt4KAxWI8QrUf/sqNLTyvENDerIX8Kfg/KWwSFTkeI= Received: by 10.114.170.1 with SMTP id s1mr219912wae.54.1198376404801; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:20:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.72.12 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:20:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:20:04 -0800 From: "Jason Hensler" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Adaptec 2120s Raid 5 (Tim McCullagh) X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:49:15 -0000 Hey Tim, I have a server with a 2 x 2.4ghz xeons, a gigabyte motherboard, and a 2120s setup in raid5 (3 drives and 1 hotspare, all seagate) running freebsd 6.2. I didn't have any problems running the installer or the array being degraded. The only problem I ran into was when I enabled more than 4GB of memory support, the array would not sync correctly. I did have some odd behavior before I updated my drives to the latest firmware, however two drives were one revision and two were another revision. All in all I am very happy with my setup. Cheers, Jason Hensler omegadraconis@gmail.com On Dec 22, 2007 4:00 AM, wrote: > Hi All, > > Has anyone installed Freebsd 6.x on a dual xeon system with an adaptec > 2120s > raid controller card? > > The hardware I am using is dual 2.4 ghz zeon processors > Corsair 2 GB ram > tyan s3022 Mainboard with or with out the LSI scsi enabled in the bios > Adaptec 2120s raid controller > > I am trying to install such a system and each time I try and install the > system it crashes / freezes at one pointor another. The raid volume shows > that one of the drives has become unavailable and subsequently shows that > the raid volume is degraded > > Any pointers or help or questions would be appreciated > > By the way in order to rule out the harware I successfully loader windoze > xp > without any difficulties. It loaded and performed very well. Now I want > to load a real OS. > > regards > > Tim >