Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:34:49 +0100 From: "Jonathan Gilpin" <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk> To: "Dean Hamstead" <dean@bong.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netcell SyncRaid SR3000/SR5000 FreeBSD Message-ID: <003401c570ee$38190ba0$62c4033e@JONATHAN> References: <003601c570d3$8f51cbc0$62c4033e@JONATHAN> <42AEEA86.9010906@bong.com.au>
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The card is brand new. They are suggesting FreeBSD's card support is ancient. Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Hamstead" <dean@bong.com.au> To: "Jonathan Gilpin" <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Netcell SyncRaid SR3000/SR5000 FreeBSD > can you get it running on another system? then just > dd the drive to an image, copy it someplace then mount > it and extract the data. > > if its really ancient, why are you running it on a > really brand new piece of hardware? hence my assumption > you just want data off it. > > old scsi raid cards with better support are dirt cheap > on ebay. mylex's etc got for ~au$30 and do hardware scsi > (not sure which scsi level). > > Dean > > Jonathan Gilpin wrote: >> Hi've aquired a Netcell sync raid card and I've tried to install FreeBSD >> 5.4 on it. >> Its the amd64 branch. When the machine boots I get errors like this: >> >> Failure - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER timed out >> >> The raid array does appear to be detected however when I use the fisk >> utility durring the installation it complains about the drive geometry. >> >> FreeBSD detects: Cyl/Hd/Sect 94415/255/63 >> >> The utility suggests using 911534/104/16 I agree to this and it then says >> that this suggest geometry is invalid. I continue and when it comes to >> make the new file system it gives the time out errors above and then >> complains >> it cannot write to the disk. >> >> Communication with Netcell produced the following: >> >> "I wanted to give you an update about the drive geometry value question. >> I spoke with our CTO today, and he indicates that drive geometry values >> are an old style of extremely low level calls to the hard drive that are >> no longer used by most modern operating systems, who now generally use >> LBA addressing. If FreeBSD is trying to make drive geometry calls >> through the generic hard drive driver to our card, we will be unable to >> translate them appropriately. If this is correct, than in order to work >> on FreeBSD we would need to write a driver that will be able to >> translate the calls appropriately, as indicated in this documentation >> about SCSI controllers >> http://www.infran.ru/TechInfo/BSD/handbook116.html. >> " >> >> my questions... >> >> I really need to get this card working on FreeBSD. Is there anyone on >> this list who can give me some guidence as to what information Netcell >> would need to produce this driver? Are there any coders working with >> FreeBSD >> that would help produce this driver? Are there any work arounds or quick >> fixes that can be tried to get things working? >> >> >> Jonathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > -- > WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au > EMAIL: dean@bong.com.au or djzort@bong.com.au > ICQ: 16867613 >
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