From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 13:49:26 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 0E66616A468 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 13:49:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krassi@bulinfo.net) Received: from mx.bulinfo.net (mx.bulinfo.net [193.194.156.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B320913C46E for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 13:49:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krassi@bulinfo.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.bulinfo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5559816D0E; Mon, 21 May 2007 16:49:23 +0300 (EEST) Received: from mx.bulinfo.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx.bulinfo.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30530-02; Mon, 21 May 2007 16:49:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [192.168.2.188] (pythia.bulinfo.net [212.72.195.5]) by mx.bulinfo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233E216D0F; Mon, 21 May 2007 16:49:21 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <4651A35F.7030502@bulinfo.net> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:49:19 +0300 From: Krassimir Slavchev User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Bishop References: <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net> <465187FA.8030204@bulinfo.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mx.bulinfo.net 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 13:49:26 -0000 Bob Bishop wrote: > > 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). > After rebuilding the bios shows 'Normal' status. It seems that the ata-raid driver can't detect when the array need rebuilding. Thanks for your help > -- > Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 > rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 > > > > >