From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 17:44:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8E91065687 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:44:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tj@tjvarghese.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f175.google.com (mail-pz0-f175.google.com [209.85.222.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 801E68FC15 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 17:44:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk5 with SMTP id 5so650590pzk.14 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 10:44:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.108.9 with SMTP id k9mr1420693rvm.59.1274462293777; Fri, 21 May 2010 10:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.173.13 with HTTP; Fri, 21 May 2010 10:18:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BF50DC2.9060300@olostech.com> References: <4BF50DC2.9060300@olostech.com> Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 01:18:13 +0800 Message-ID: From: TJ Varghese To: Jean Pereira Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem, install Freebsd 8 in Adaptec 29320A, not recognizes raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:44:49 -0000 On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Jean Pereira wrote: > yes, is load ahd > > correct? > > On 05/20/2010 06:29 AM, Matthias Gamsjager wrote: >> >> did you load the driver? >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Jean Pereira =C2=A0= wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a server that eighth in which I have a >>> adaptec 29320A controller with two 36 GB Seagate drives in raid 0. >>> >>> When I go to install the freebsd it detects only disks and not the raid= . >>> _______________________________________________ Avoid top posting. To answer your question, the 29320A-R is a scsi card with HostRaid aka fake raid, no better than any built-in integrated raid found on motherboards. Freebsd only sees the drives rather than the raid array which needs a windows driver. You'd be better served running raid-1 on gmirror or ZFS.