Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:23:15 -0500
From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
To: "ghostcorps@gmail.com" <ghostsblood@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: {Spam?} Re: SCSI RAID on FreeBSD 7.0, where is the array?
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080730191952.0249ab50@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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At 07:14 PM 7/30/2008, ghostcorps@gmail.com wrote: >Hi Derek, > >As mentioned in my post, I have configured the Adaptec BIOS >(SCSIselect/HostRAID) to create a RAID0 array. > >The GENERIC Kernel natively-uses the 'ahd' adapter for this card, ><http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ahd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ahd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE > >dmesg does not post any errors, it recognised the card as ahd0, and states >that da0 & da1 are on that bus. I can not post the dmesg as the NIC >adapter needs to be patched once the OS is installed. I could find a USB >key and copy it over if you like, but there are no errors to consider. > >Regards What does dmesg show for da0 and da1? Did you actually create the array in the Adaptec RAID BIOS? If you did, with a stripped array I'd expect dmesg to only report da0 as the stripped compendium of both disks. -Derek >Derek Ragona wrote: >>At 07:56 AM 7/30/2008, <mailto:ghostcorps@gmail.com>ghostcorps@gmail.com >>wrote: >>>Hi all, >>> >>> >>>I am fighting the following hardware: >>> >>>MB: ASUS p5b-plus (NON vista edition) >>>Cpu: Core 2 duo 4600 >>>SCSI Card: Adaptec 39320 (Unused Dell OEM bought from ebay) >>>HDDs: 2xSeagate Cheetah 73.4 GB Ultra320 SCSI (posibly Dell OEM) >>> >>>Nb. The MB does not support PCI-X, but is backwards compatible to a >>>standard PCI slot. On recommendations I have limited the throughput on >>>the channels to 160mb. >>> >>>If you think any other pieces relevant let me know. >>> >>> >>>I think this is probably just an issue with my not knowing wtf I'm >>>doing, but to be optimistic lets assume the ahd module worked as there >>>are no errors in dmesg; which device do I install to? I can not see see >>>ahd0 in fdisk. >>> >>>There are alot of posts over the years reporting trouble with the >>>Dell(Adaptec/Seagate) combiniation. The funny thing is that I am having >>>none of these troubles; There are no panics, no dumps and no lengthy >>>pauses. It all seems fine, until I try to select the disk to install to >>>and I only have da0 or da1. >>> >>> >>> >>>Thanks for your time >> >>Have you defined an array? >> >>If you create the array in the adaptec BIOS you will see one large hard >>disk in FreeBSD. If you do not define an array in the adaptec BIOS you >>will see the individual SCSI drives as da0, da1, etc. >> >>The GENERIC kernel has all the typical SCSI and RAID adapters compiled >>in, so look at the dmesg output when you boot FreeBSD. >> >> -Derek >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/>MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/>MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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