From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 8:53:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC2237B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4175643E4A for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:53:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from curtesy@mindspring.com) Received: from user-vcauk0h.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.80.17] helo=curt) by smtp6.mindspring.com with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17Y7JR-00013J-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:47:29 -0400 Message-ID: <000e01c234bb$ad743cc0$4d1afea9@curt> From: "curt" To: Subject: Setting up a raid Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:46:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C23480.F870DE80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C23480.F870DE80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have an Iwill XP333MB that has a built-in Highpoint 372 RAID = controller. My problem is with atacontrol and booting. =20 First, I finally figured out that in order to use atacontrol to create = the raid, you must enter the raid identifier in caps! The man pages = give no clue as to this requirement. Very poor documentation here. Second, when the RAID is created, it apparently reassigns device names = or something to that effect, as with RAID1 configured, the machine will = not boot. It halts complaining that it cannot find the boot device = (which in pre-RAID configurtion was ad4s1a). All I get is the mountroot = prompt. Trying to boot using the apparent new boot device (ar0, = appearing to be identified in dmesg as the combination of ad4 and ad5) = by answering the mountroot command prompt with ufs:ar0s1a, gives a = kernel panic.... it cannot find init or any init derivative. Where are = the instructions or examples on how to set this up? I am stuck..=20 HELP! Curt ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C23480.F870DE80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have an Iwill XP333MB that has a = built-in=20 Highpoint 372 RAID controller. My problem is with atacontrol and=20 booting.

First, I finally figured out that in = order to use=20 atacontrol to create the raid, you must enter the raid identifier in = caps! =20 The man pages give no clue as to this requirement. Very poor = documentation=20 here.

Second, when the RAID is created, it = apparently=20 reassigns device names or something to that effect, as with RAID1 = configured,=20 the machine will not boot. It halts complaining that it cannot = find the=20 boot device (which in pre-RAID configurtion was ad4s1a). All I get = is the=20 mountroot prompt. Trying to boot using the apparent new boot = device=20 (ar0, appearing to be identified in dmesg as the combination of ad4 and = ad5) by=20 answering the mountroot command prompt with ufs:ar0s1a, gives a kernel = panic....=20 it cannot find init or any init derivative. Where are the=20 instructions or examples on how to set this up? I am stuck.. =

HELP!

Curt

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