From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 21 15: 6:20 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4AD37B401 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:06:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdmckee.com (pc-62-30-47-46-so.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.47.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A1F43F75 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:06:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@gdmckee.com) Received: from p2000.gdmckee.local ([192.168.0.200] helo=p2000) by gdmckee.com with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 18mMF4-0006Tf-00; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:06:06 +0000 Message-ID: <023401c2d9fd$dc54e660$c800a8c0@p2000> From: "G D McKee" To: "Scott Long" , "Doug Silver" Cc: References: <3E569244.5070702@btc.adaptec.com> <200302211309.58549.dsilver@urchin.com> <3E56985B.10102@btc.adaptec.com> Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100S Raid 5 question Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:06:26 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18mMF4-0006Tf-00*QivxD9mBgoY* Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi What error messages did it come up with when you added the 36GB disk? My card - all be it an ata raid card - has an option in the BIOS to force a disk rebuild. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Long" To: "Doug Silver" Cc: Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100S Raid 5 question > Doug Silver wrote: > > I have a RAID 5 setup using 4 Seagate 18Gb drives, one drive failed so I > > ordered another one but the model # was not exact, so it turned out that the > > capacity was less than 17522Mb that the others are at, so the raid will not > > rebuild. The frustration of buying a "18Gb drive"!! Is there anything I can > > do in the short term while I wait for the drive to be RMA'd and/or try to > > find that exact model? I even tried sticking in a spare 36Gb IBM scsi, but > > that didn't work at all -- I would have been surprised if it had, but I was > > desperate ;) > > > > TIA > > I'm surprised that the 36GB drive didn't work. The controller should > have allowed you to rebuild on the the first 18GB portion of the drive > (leaving the remainder unused). I'm no longer terribly familiar with > how the 2100S handles these cases; would it be possible to call > Adaptec Tech Support? They are actually very knowledgable with those > controllers. > > Scott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message