Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:37:49 +0200 From: Stefan Foulis <stefan@foulis.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: installing 5.4 on RAID1 using Promise TX2200 Message-ID: <39CF5ABA-0A66-4ACE-8CBB-D4BD969FE39B@foulis.net>
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I just got an Promise TX2200 "RAID" Controller and 2x250GB SATA Drives for my new webserver. As soon as I define a raid of some sort, the installation cd just reboots the system. I think that happens at the stage where the kernel should be loaded. I've used the TX2000 with IDE drives before. There I had similar problems. I learned that the BIOS on the controller should not be used to define the array. What I did back then: - do not define the array with the Controller BIOS - boot from the install cd, start the live-filesystem - use atacontrol to define the array - install freebsd to the new ar0 device (I'm not sure anymore if that device just turned up or I had to reboot first) - everything works fine This doesn't seem to work with the TX2200 anymore. I can define the mirror from the live-filesystem, but the ar0 device does not turn up. Once I try boot from the installation cd again, I end up in the endless reboot cycle. The default FreeBSD kernel can handle the controller though. If install freebsd on a seperate harddisk, there are no problems utilizing the mirrored disks with atacontrol. The system boots normally. I can format and mount the filesystem, recover from removing one of the disks etc. Does the installation CD use a different kernel than a default system? I tried installing using /stand/systinstall (after booting the other installation on the seperate hd). But I could not get it to install correctly. It would just overwrite the existing installation... Any pointers? - Stefan
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