From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Sep  3 22:06:48 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FF416A4DE
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun,  3 Sep 2006 22:06:48 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from tech@nano.net)
Received: from mail.smallweb.com (mail.smallweb.com [216.85.125.111])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B871643D46
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun,  3 Sep 2006 22:06:47 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from tech@nano.net)
Received: from Sixpence.mail.smallweb.com (sixpence.nano.net [216.85.125.9])
	by mail.smallweb.com
	(Rockliffe SMTPRA 5.3.11) with ESMTP id <B0000736777@mail.smallweb.com>
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:14:07 -0600
Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20060903155510.03191970@nano.net>
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:08:38 -0600
To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
From: tech@nano.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Subject: RAID mirror, 6.1 won't boot
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:06:48 -0000




I've got a brand new PC, ASUS P5LD2 motherboard and an Intel P4 3.2 CPU. 
I've installed the i386 version of 6.1 over a dozen times using different 
geometries and different drives and such, I get mixed results, but it won't 
boot. I'm running a RAID mirror on 2 SATA drives. If I have the mirror 
turned on and the second hard drive installed I get "no boot device 
available" or I get a boot prompt complaining that it can't find 
/boot/loader. Right now I just get a "-" that blinks, but no boot and no 
system message that it can't find a boot device and no BSD boot prompt. If 
I remove the second drive the system boots normally! If I put it back in it 
won't boot! BSD sees the RAID controller. Is there any easy way to fix 
this? It seems like it's really close to working and I really want the 
redundancy.....