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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 2003 23:58:06 +0200
From:      "Ventsislav Velkov" <veno@evrocom.bg>
To:        <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD set up on Compaq Proliant 5500
Message-ID:  <001301c2cc98$7f64e850$235c27d4@crouch>
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You could create the missing manually,
$cd /dev
$sh MAKEDEV idad4  .... etc.

for each logical drive. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com>
To: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: FreeBSD set up on Compaq Proliant 5500


> I am obviously doing something wrong which is causing
> difficulty installing freebsd 4.7 in the following
> circumstances:
> 
> Quad Processor Compaq Proliant with 3200 Raid (2 Channel
> LVD/SE Scsi Array Controller)
> Prior to installing FreeBSD using the Compaq SmartStart
> utility I created a raid (Array A) on the first raid channel
> using four physical drives each of 18.2G using RAID 5.
> 
> Array A is divided into 11 logical Drives each with the
> following number of 512 sectors:
> Logical #1,8,10 ------4194240
> Logical #2,7-------     8364000
> Logical #3,4-------   16776960
> Logical #5---------     2097120
> Logical #6---------     6291360
> Logical #9---------     8380320
> Logical#11--------    27050400
> 
> The 11 logical drives reported by Compaq Raid Controller on
> POST and no errors are reported when Compaq Array Diagnostic
> Utility is run.
> 
> On Boot up using  FreeBSD 4.7 CD FreeBSD Reports drives A
> thru J
> 
> In the FreeBSD select drives drives utility the following
> drives are identified:
> 
> idad0, 4194240 Sectors (2047MB)
> idad1, 8364000 Sectors (4083MB)
> idad2, 16776960 Sectors (8191MB)
> idad3  16776960 Sectors (8191MB)
> 
> None of the  other logical drives are identified by the
> install utility.
> 
> Whilst it may only be a coincidence it seems odd that
> FreeBSDis only "seeing" the first logical raid partitions
> and that there are four physical drives. Do I need some kind
> of driver installed so that FreeBSD can recognize the
> logical raid partitions?
> 
> Help appreciated
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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