Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Sil 680 RAID card Message-ID: <20031204105124.Q78277@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200312041504.46755@harrymail> References: <200312040807.hB4873BK064423@gate.multicom.lv> <200312041504.46755@harrymail>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > On Thursday 04 December 2003 09:07, Andris wrote: > > OK, stable don't support it. How about 5.1-RELEASE? > > Wrong. -stable does support it. You have to use "atacontrol" to create RAID > arrays. > (for mirror e.g: 'atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 ad6' 'atacontrol status ar0') > Rebuilding is a bit complex. You have to do a 'atacontrol detach > "channelOfTheFailedDrive"' > and 'atacontrol attach "channelOfTheFailedDrive"' then 'atacontrol rebuild > ar0' > > Of course also 5.x supports the 0680! Hm, ok, I was basing my analysis on the commit logs and the 0680 isn't mentioned on the -stable branch at all. Interesting question if atacontrol-created arrays are recognized by the BIOS, 'cause if not, then if your mirror breaks then booting gets awful interesting. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:40 AM > > To: Andris > > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Problem with Sil 680 RAID card > > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Andris wrote: > > > I have Sil 680 based RAID card and I don't understand - is it supported > > > by FreeBSD or not? > > > > Due to the complexity in supporting SATA and newer RAID features, it is > > not likely that support will come into -stable for quite some time. > > Why do you post such answers? It's wrong! > > -Harry > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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