Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:26:55 -0400 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Lukas Razik <LukasRazik@web.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fasttrak TX4310 RAID controller with FreeBSD-6.1 Message-ID: <4464FD9F.8050702@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <481829404@web.de> References: <481829404@web.de>
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Lukas Razik wrote: >> Von: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> >> Lukas Razik wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> I've bought a Promise FastTrak TX4310 because I thought that it will be supported by FreeBSD's ata/ar driver...: >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable&format=html >>> >>> I've updated the controller's BIOS to the newest available v2.5.1.3116: >>> http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productID=165&category=all&os=100 >>> >>> And there are two Seagate ST3300622AS connected to the controller with RAID0. >>> >>> But if I boot from a 6.1-RELEASE-i386-disc then I only get an ad6 and an ad10 device and no arX device... :-((( >>> So I can't use them in RAID0 mode... >>> >>> Can anyone of you help me? >> Please don't cross-post to so many lists; people will be annoyed. >> >> Did you create a volume through the bios or with atacontrol? >> >> Sam > > Sorry for crossposting - I tried to get a fast answer because this issue blocks me really very heavily... > I created the stripe through the BIOS as I did it with my old HPT370 controller which is also supported by the ata driver. > And to access the drives at my HPT370 controller I can use /dev/adX and /dev/ar0 > > More information: > There's the same problem with the old (first) BIOS version of the TX4310. > The Windows XP installation routine (with the driver floppy disk for the TX4310) does recognize the RAID0 volume. > Did you try using atacontrol? I'm not sure the ata driver understands the metadata format but if it does then it might work using that instead of the bios. Sam
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