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Subject: Re: Raid problems
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DB wrote:
> Hi all
>=20
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-Beta5 on a friend's server. He has a =
promise
> fasttracks SX4000 raid controller (raid level 5), but when booting free=
bsd we
> get a list of all the 4 disks. Is that right? (haven't tried installing=
 freebsd
> on a raid computer). I've tried install freebsd on one of the disks, bu=
t when I
> restart the computer, it says it can't find /boot/kernel?
>=20
> A fast reply or a link to a howto would be much appreciated.

As stated several times on the lists and cvs/status logs, the SX4000 is=20
only supported as RAID0 and RAID1, *not* in RAID5 mode.

--=20

-S=F8ren