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From: Erin Fortenberry <efortenb@sdccd.cc.ca.us>
To: "'Thomas Coppens'" <thomas.coppens@advalvas.be>,
	freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:13:37 -0800 
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This is because FreeBSD does not (as far as I know) support RAID on the
promise cards/chips.

If this has changed I'd really like to know.


Erin
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Coppens [mailto:thomas.coppens@advalvas.be]
> 
> I've already sent this message to freebsd-questions list, but nobody
> could help me. Maybe it's more hardware related?
> 
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my computer which uses an Asus A7V133
> main board with onboard Promise RAID controller, configured in RAID 0
> (and fully operational under Windows XP). I also have a 
> CD-writer and a
> DVD, each connected to the one of the two IDE connectors of the VIA
> chipset. When I load the kernel from the FreeBSD CD, I receive the
> following
> message:
> 
> <PASTE>
> ar0: 58623 MB (ATA RAID0 array> [7473/255/63] subdisks:
>   ad4: 29311 MB <Maxtor 5T030H3> [59554/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100
>   ad4: 29311 MB <Maxtor 5T030H3> [59554/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100
> (null) REQUEST_SENSE command timeout - resetting
> ata0: resetting devices
> </PASTE>
> 
> The kernel does find the RAID0 array... but gives a timeout?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Thomas Coppens
> 
> 
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