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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2007 12:05:33 +0200
From:      Georg Bege <therion@ninth-art.de>
To:        Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel Matrix RAID (ICH8R) rebuild?
Message-ID:  <46516EED.5000001@ninth-art.de>
In-Reply-To: <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net>
References:  <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net>

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Hi

I personally would say its a major mistake to use these pseudo-hardware 
controllers.
I really recommend you either use software-raid via gvinum or buy a true 
full-capable hardware raid controller.

cheers

Krassimir Slavchev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have problems rebuilding RAID1 array. The bios shows status 
> 'Rebuild' and 'Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within 
> the operating system'.
> When I try to do 'atacontrol rebuild ar0':
> atacontrol: ioctl(IOCATARAIDREBUILD): Device not configured
>
> I run 6.2-STABLE:
>
> dmesg:
> ...
> atapci1: <Intel ICH8 SATA300 controller> port 
> 0xec00-0xec07,0xe880-0xe883,0xe800-0xe807,0xe480-0xe483,0xe400-0xe41f 
> mem 0xfebff800-0xfebfffff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
> atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 6 ports detected
> ata5: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
> ata6: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
> ata7: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1
> ata8: <ATA channel 3> on atapci1
> ata9: <ATA channel 4> on atapci1
> ata10: <ATA channel 5> on atapci1
> ...
> ad10: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160811AS 3.AAE> at ata5-master SATA300
> ad12: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160811AS 3.AAE> at ata6-master SATA300
> ar0: 152625MB <Intel MatrixRAID RAID1> status: READY
> ar0: disk0 READY (master) using ad10 at ata5-master
> ar0: disk1 READY (mirror) using ad12 at ata6-master
>
> pciconf -lv:
> atapci1@pci0:31:2:    class=0x010400 card=0x81ec1043 chip=0x28228086 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    class      = mass storage
>    subclass   = RAID
>
> atacontrol status ar0:
> ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad10 ad12 status: READY
>
> The motherboard is Asus P5-E.
>
>
> How to rebuild my RAID?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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