From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 20:39:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3A116A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:39:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0114E43D45 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:39:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben@stuyts.com) Received: from [10.0.0.5] (stuyts.xs4all.nl [80.126.99.173]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i82KdBoq037348 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:39:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ben@stuyts.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <41365CA5.2000300@cs.unisa.edu.au> References: <41365CA5.2000300@cs.unisa.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <239F1814-FD20-11D8-81F3-000A959CFF76@stuyts.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ben Stuyts Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:39:08 +0200 To: current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: atacontrol rebuild, how? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:39:13 -0000 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