From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 16:45:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8490106567E for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F5C8FC18 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so338906fgb.35 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:45:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=RC6Nbn98WZPuTT7g+HSVby9oVoywZqV8WYm30c7mKio=; b=YpH12vLzUsRiA8QUi9k7ksmb8X+0lvS0v+MiD0ivayKPw8oZ4vq0my8q8PxtsTev5K T+6SczvxPMSXju/joQmkvhdUMlYfdVFAkksO8vNOzj0J9lKORBOyw7T78eScjbdPaPqD 93YA3fLgzt3ouineYLW0HThCQmlJw8oRV1mso= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=M1KhRSe5OJKzdjVBWX1vlTCIkXYKG04xNGdUg5DGz1x/ZWYmcn63MS6bmgQSXG7B6c rsIqDYcpHRwwHzyE+mMux7fUMSpPoqKe5dV7Ke+FpOwPzePuu8TvKM6hVADRHeGnfury yoHUGsRu+vox7TMBdH/RI+z8yBN9tUjKKOn60= Received: by 10.86.90.2 with SMTP id n2mr2118752fgb.51.1214585141357; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.51.1 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806270945y4523ab21lc07dd9435cc53ef9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:45:41 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <200806271451.22639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com> <4863B968.4040805@clearchain.com> <7d6fde3d0806262004u171bf9dx179564be5a76d9c7@mail.gmail.com> <200806271451.22639.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Tom Evans , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Close , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:43 -0000 On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> So.. wait a sec? Are you saying I'm fscked because my RAID5 is >> nothing more than RAID0 under FreeBSD?!?! > > If you're using ATA RAID, yes. > > However I think you are using iir (so says your subject) so I don't > think that applies. > > Unfortunately I have 0 iir experience :( > There is no control utility mentioned in the iic(4) man page so I think > you have to do everything with the BIOS. > > If it isn't possible to do it in the BIOS then that is a pretty serious > flaw and you are probably SOL :( Phew... I can rebuild it from the BIOS-ish Intel Matrix Manager. FWIW the Asus tech I talked to said that he couldn't get RAID5 support in Linux, so I don't think that OS (software) RAID5 is in existence anywhere. Then again I could be wrong.. -Garrett