Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:42:25 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran?= Nilsson <goran.nilsson@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD 6.2 Message-ID: <20071213204225.GB72291@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <fb2eabca0712131039k255fa572m389835c3b24a4056@mail.gmail.com> References: <fb2eabca0712121235l2458a7bek2b8d27ae12a002c4@mail.gmail.com> <20071213001002.GA60304@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <fb2eabca0712130839r72c6dc00s10567a69b11babdf@mail.gmail.com> <fb2eabca0712131039k255fa572m389835c3b24a4056@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:39:21PM +0100, G=F6ran Nilsson wrote: > I have come a bit further. It seems that if I create a 2TB drive it all g= oes > good. But it doesn't seems to work when doing a large 5TB drive. > Is there some limitations on fdisk, and the size on partitions? Can't it > exceed 2TB? The machine is a ordinary Core 2 duo 6750 with 4GB of ram. Yes, I believe fdisk and bsdlabel both have a limitation at 2TB. If you partition the disk using GPT instead it should work with large disks. Unfortunately I don't think sysinstall supports GPT, and most BIOS do support booting from a GPT partitioned disk, so the boot volume needs to be smaller than 2TB. >=20 > /Regards Goran >=20 > On Dec 13, 2007 5:39 PM, G=F6ran Nilsson <goran.nilsson@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > On the controller there it says that it supports freebsd 6.1. And yes > > there is documentation on how to install freebsd 6.1 on the raid. > > But for now i have installed freebsd on a RAID1 system, and i have prob= lem > > getting the card detcted, i run a 5TB RAID 6 on this card. > > Didn't thought that it could be that much differens between version 6.1= and > > 6.2. Gonna try to reinstall. After the reinstall i got the card up and > > running. I see it get detected and it all looks ok. I go in and do a fd= isk > > on the drive and label/mount it. I do all this in sysinstall. > > I can see that the drive is 4648GB so it all looks ok with the RAID 6 > > Drive. > > When i later quit sysinstall and check the mounts i see that the drive > > space is 532GB and available space is 500GB. This looks totally wrong. = Is > > there any limitations that im not aware of? > > > > /Goran > > > > On Dec 13, 2007 1:10 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:35:09PM +0100, G=F6ran Nilsson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem getting my EX12350 Radicontroller to work under > > > FreeBSD 6.2. > > > > When i start the computer or rund a dmesg i can see that > > > > "mass storage raid ..no driver attached" > > > > For what i can see this card should be supported under FreeBSD 6.1, > > > but > > > > could it be soo that the support is missing in 6.2? Any tips? > > > > Should i try to go for the 6.3 RC1. I really need this card up and > > > running, > > > > i run it as a RAID 6. I have tried this with just the generic kerne= l, > > > > So the most should be in there? > > > > > > > > Ideas, is most appriciating, coz im kinda stuck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What makes you think this card is supported by FreeBSD 6.1? > > > > > > As far as I can tell there is no driver for that card included with a= ny > > > FreeBSD release. If it was supported the driver would have been > > > included in > > > GENERIC kernel, and if was supported in 6.1 it would have been in 6.2= also. > > > > > > > > > It is quite possible however that Promise provides their own FreeBSD > > > driver > > > for that card. If that is the case you should ask Promise which > > > version(s) > > > of FreeBSD the driver supports and how to install it - or read their > > > documentation where such information can likely be found. > > > > > > --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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