Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:16:47 -0800 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'Palle Girgensohn'" <girgen@FreeBSD.org>, <hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: no file system after replacing bad RAID drive Message-ID: <04c001c71300$3bdebf90$6501a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <06AF1451EFC4E6F019A6C8C8@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Palle Girgensohn > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:12 AM > To: hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: no file system after replacing bad RAID drive > > > Hi! > > We just got Dell to replace a bad drive in a RAID5 cluster. > After reboot, > megarc says their all online, but FreeBSD cannot find a file > system on the > logical drive. It worked before replacing (in degraded mode). > > It is a Dell 2850 with a Perc4/I (really a LSILogic MegaRAID) > controller > running FreeBSD 6.0 > > Any ideas how to get the file system back? bsdlabel finds no > label, and > since the OS does not find the label during startup, there > are no devices. > I tried some megarc and camcontrol commands, but nothing > seems to help. > > Any ideas appreciated. Thanks, > Palle I have not been able to get my PERC4 to rebuild while online. Have you tried stopping the boot (control M as I recall) to get into the PERC4 firmware and rebuilding the RAID from there? My rebuild (3x150GB RAID5) takes about 14 hours - totally offline. -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com
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