Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:39:08 +0200 From: Ben Stuyts <ben@stuyts.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atacontrol rebuild, how? Message-ID: <239F1814-FD20-11D8-81F3-000A959CFF76@stuyts.com> In-Reply-To: <41365CA5.2000300@cs.unisa.edu.au> References: <D4E7074A-FC26-11D8-B7F3-000A959CFF76@stuyts.com> <41365CA5.2000300@cs.unisa.edu.au>
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On 2 Sep 2004, at 01:35, Benjamin Close wrote: > Perhaps something worth trying is the following - It's what I have to > do to get the promisc card I use to rebuild: > > - Identify the channel the drive is on (ie ad6 on ata3) > > atacontrol detach ata3 > atacontrol attach ata3 > atacontrol addspare ar0 ad6 That was it, I didn't do the addspare. Also, it seems you HAVE to do the detach/attach commands, otherwise it won't work. > atacontrol rebuild > > The command exits straight away but if you run: atacontrol status ar0 > I get a 'REBUILDING 0%' message Yes, it looks ok now. Many thanks, Ben > Also checking the ps output shows a rebuild thread. > > Might work, for you. > > Cheers, > Benjamin > > Ben Stuyts wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have installed beta-2 (31082004) on a Supermicro 5013C-T (P4SCE >> motherboard with ICH5R, and two WD 74 GB Raptor SATA drives, which I >> want to mirror). >> >> I know the ICH5R is not a real raid controller, but I'm trying to get >> it to work using atacontrol and the built-in RAID1 support. >> >> Using the procedure described in >> http://www.techno-obscura.com/~delgado/notes/fbsd-ich5SATAraid.html >> (thanks!) I managed to get FreeBSD installed on RAID1 on ar0. >> >> Next I tried to remove a drive (atacontrol detach), and even zeroed >> the first area of the disk. After reattaching the drive, I cannot get >> atacontrol to rebuild the drive. If I do atacontrol rebuild ar0, it >> does absolutely nothing. From browsing this mailing list I see that >> this seems to be a problem with using non-raid controllers, but will >> this be improved in the future? Or am I doing something wrong? >> >> What other options do I have? Is geom-vinum ready for this? All I >> want is a fully mirrored system (incl root and swap). >> >> I could put a simple raid controller in, like the Promise S150 >> TX2Plus or TX4, but if I can get it to work with the ICH5R controller >> that would be great. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > 3D Research Associate / System Administrator +61 8 8302 3669 > School of Computer and Information Science Room D1-07, ML Campus > University of South Australia Mawson Lakes Blvd. Benjamin.Close@cs.unisa.edu.au South Australia, 5095 > F00D C83D 5F7E 5561 DF91 B74D E602 CAA3 4842 B5B4
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