From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 13:48:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87D33106568B for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1119A8FC16 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:48:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1314960fgb.35 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:48:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BndCu1Uk87sPXom+DrLvTL+l6/dCjbj4Zyea9DYeXVk=; b=m0uQJ2hUdrqDTfmSNTV88WrhOONUImFfoHFJSChGc3dZDg4/sqnubUosArNPUxlY4O z1IGmuN+VkoG2oZtprB4kfsx1jDpxByYgsaRnbb/oYQ1Dsyq27H47J7wWE3AF92AqxDE FAFPHjfsW7BaNM9a/bZyM5cWzgB5u9JI1+JsY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fczX7ryZe6vhgAZc0OBFfivZ0EBt6h+i4+QKln8VgwOJVbBZtF6uHqRCJbZH7RjOv4 TIiGNnJMt3oFkqGkAwd4Tow7T+9TtvHPVrxC/OMuQRHJUGTlHKbOfRh7NclkERsiYrFO 7udQZ3TI3cCEyPgsgWs1EfKdH0CH1n5BgZYcM= Received: by 10.180.215.9 with SMTP id n9mr1732019bkg.59.1223128128488; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:48:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joshua.freebsdgr.org (athedsl-4370327.home.otenet.gr [79.130.31.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p17sm6287143fka.14.2008.10.04.06.48.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:48:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48E7743D.9020709@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:48:45 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080806) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dino_vliet@yahoo.com References: <946647.40848.qm@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <946647.40848.qm@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror prerequisite question 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: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:48:50 -0000 Dino Vliet wrote: > Hey freebsd list, > > I've bought a secondry HDD to attach to my server running freebsd 7.0. I want to enable gmirror on it (will reinstall everything from scratch), but I want to know if my hardware is setup correctly as a prerequisite for doing this operation. > > The command > > dmesg | grep Seagate > > Yields: > > ad4: 76319MB at ata2-master UDMA33 > ad6: 76319MB at ata3-master UDMA33 > > Can I assume everything is ok now and can I start the reinstallation? Why I'm in doubt is because of the master/slave thing I was expecting but that seems something of the IDE world as I have bought two Sata hard drives and connected it with sata cables to my motherboard. > > But just checking to be sure. > > Brgds and thanks in advanced! > Dino > > The concept of master / slave only exists in the IDE (PATA) world. SATA disks do not have these troubles, as there is only one per cable. Your setup is absolutely fine. If you haven't already, I suggest you read this excellent article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/11/10/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 I've set up quite a few gmirrors with this info.