From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 04:37:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E852416A420 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:37:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5961743D48 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:37:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k1S4bfu90944; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:37:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "N3TW4LK3R" , Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:37:40 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Replacing broken drive on RocketRaid 1520 SATA RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:37:44 -0000 I think you have to rebuild it from the BIOS on the highpoint card. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of N3TW4LK3R >Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:35 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Replacing broken drive on RocketRaid 1520 SATA RAID controller > > >hi, > >I'm running 5.4-RELEASE on a server with a Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 >controller. Recently one of the drives failed, but the system >kept running, >which is nice. >Now, however, I'm trying to replace the drive with a new >(almost identical) >one: > >after plugging in the drive: > ># atacontrol status ar0 >ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad4 status: DEGRADED > >ok, that's normal > ># atacontrol list >ATA channel 0: > Master: no device present > Slave: no device present >ATA channel 1: > Master: no device present > Slave: no device present >ATA channel 2: > Master: ad4 Serial ATA v1.0 > Slave: no device present >ATA channel 3: > Master: ad6 Serial ATA v1.0 > Slave: no device present > >Nice, so the drive is properly connected. > ># atacontrol addspare ar0 ad6 >atacontrol: ioctl(ATARAIDADDSPARE): Device not configured > >damn :( > >I read here: >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-October/ 041896.html that i should try # atacontrol addspare 0 ad6 but the result is identical :( I also tried attaching and detaching ad6, overwriting the first blocks of the drive with zero's, without success. any ideas? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006