Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:23:34 -0500 From: bsdlist@cogeco.ca To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Freedbsd 6.2 errors with Intel srcs16 with Raid 5- 5*500gig Message-ID: <45bb6066.31d.62df.15627@cogeco.ca>
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Hello, I am trying to install a new 6.2 install on a S5000PAL unit with the srcs16 raid controller and 2 dual Xeon processors. I set up an array that is Raid 5 with 5 * 500gig sata 2 hard drives. Once I boot into the fdisk I get the geometry errors that can not be fixed (they never disappear). Any time I try and change the geometry it reverts back to the original numbers. The system says it will choose the best option but doe snot change the numbers. With the change of any key the errors keep coming up. I searched and did not find an answer to this. The Raid 5 sets the geometry base don the array. Is there a way to calculate a valid array that would have the geometry that Freebsd likes? I have tried several installs with recreating the array a few times making it a bit smaller. So I contine to partition and install everything. The install is a bit slow but goes through fine with no on screen errors. However, when I reboot after the install I get either a dump reoot loop, ot it forces me to go to single user mode on the sheel. The problem is it can not read sectors on the /usr partition. FCSK is unable to fix the problem with many super block errors, and many errors saying that it can not read certain sectors that in several chunks (each chunk consisting of about 10 sectors) Is there a max size for partitions? Any suggesions would be greatly appreciated on how to fix this and get freebsd installed. I am in the process of trying Centos to see if it has the same issues as Freebsd with this hardware. Thanks Paul
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