From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 26 04:14:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F6A16A402 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:14:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from b.mail.sonic.net (b.mail.sonic.net [64.142.19.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F54913C48E for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:14:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from webmail.sonic.net (a.webmail.sonic.net [64.142.100.132]) by b.mail.sonic.net (8.13.8.Beta0-Sonic/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l1Q4ET6w000456 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:14:29 -0800 Received: from 69.12.157.6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user odilist) by webmail.sonic.net with HTTP; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:14:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <12284.69.12.157.6.1172463269.squirrel@webmail.sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <20070226003739.BD13116A405@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070226003739.BD13116A405@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:14:29 -0800 (PST) From: odilist@sonic.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Can't make raid array bootable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:14:29 -0000 Hi, I've tried transferring my system (6.0) to an Nvidia hardware raid array of two SATA drives on an Asus A8N-E motherboard, following the instructions in the FAQ. I can't seem to use fdisk to make the array bootable, or to rewrite the master boot record. It claims to write the information to disk and then, when I check again, nothing has stuck. I have tried fdisk -B -b ar0, boot0cfg -s 1 ar0, boot0cfg -B ar0, and probably many other things in the course of the day, but so far I am rewarded only with: Invalid partition Invalid partition No boot/loader Boot defaults to an ad(0,a) which doesn't exist. Further, diskeditor has just started showing two partitions, one which is the primary of the raid and the other being the array itself. As the raid section of the handbook says "the disk(s) will look like a single drive to FreeBSD," this concerns me. Would anyone have any ideas? Oliver