From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 12:40:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0177616A46B for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 12:40:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9F713C4AD for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 12:40:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [10.20.0.2] (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4LCeLb8021719; Mon, 21 May 2007 13:40:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) In-Reply-To: <465187FA.8030204@bulinfo.net> References: <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net> <465187FA.8030204@bulinfo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bob Bishop Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:40:33 +0100 To: Krassimir Slavchev X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Matrix RAID (ICH8R) rebuild? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 12:40:26 -0000 On 21 May 2007, at 12:52, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > Bob Bishop wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 21 May 2007, at 10:07, 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 >> >> From the output below, assuming the system is running OK, the RAID >> doesn't need rebuilding. The BIOS is just confused about the state >> of the array, it will probably still boot from it OK. > Yes, it boots OK but the RAID need rebuilding. This status is > result of disconnecting the second disk, booting, create some files > and then reconnect the second disk. [etc] OK. You need to follow the steps in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/raid.html section 18.4.3. Be careful to detach/reattach the right disk :-) When the rebuild has finished you may find that the BIOS doesn't realize the array has been rebuilt, but that may not matter (much). -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295