From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 21:26:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C5316B059 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:26:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965FA43D5F for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:26:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [172.16.0.250] ([137.122.39.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k4CLQr8I043861 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 12 May 2006 14:26:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4464FD9F.8050702@errno.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:26:55 -0400 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lukas Razik References: <481829404@web.de> In-Reply-To: <481829404@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-servers-Metrics: ebb.errno.com 1049; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fasttrak TX4310 RAID controller with FreeBSD-6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:27:01 -0000 Lukas Razik wrote: >> Von: Sam Leffler >> 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