From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 5 07:50:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73A016A404 for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 07:50:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthewk@adam.com.au) Received: from levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (levanto.mail.adnap.net.au [203.6.132.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F93743D4C for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 07:50:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthewk@adam.com.au) Received: from [219.90.134.207] (219-90-134-207.ip.adam.com.au [219.90.134.207]) by levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE02F58A4 for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 17:20:20 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <445B03CE.5070603@adam.com.au> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 17:20:38 +0930 From: Matthew Keen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 3Ware Escalade 7450 - Cannot Create Filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 07:50:25 -0000 I've been trying this for atleast the last 12 hours now... i've followed the handbook to a tee, i've tried googling etc and I am not getting anywhere... a solution will be greatly appreciated if not some help. Got a 3Ware Escalade 7450, Latest 7.7.1 Firmware from their site, FreeBSD 4.8.. everything is detecting fine in the dmesg area including both arrays.. 1x 300Gig Seagate in JBOD 3x 300Gig Seagate in RAID0 (Stripe) mammoth# disklabel -B -w -r twed0s1 auto mammoth# disklabel -e twed0s1e ----------- # /dev/twed0s1e: type: ESDI disk: amnesiac label: twed0s1e flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 36480 sectors/unit: 586067202 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 586067202 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 36480*) --------------- mammoth# newfs /dev/twed0s1e newfs: /dev/twed0s1e: `e' partition is unavailable Here is my fdisk twed0 output.. mammoth# fdisk twed0 ******* Working on device /dev/twed0 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=36481 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=36481 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 63, size 586067202 (286165 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; end: cyl 640/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: The data for partition 3 is: The data for partition 4 is: -- Kind Regards Matthew Keen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Internet 282 Gilbert St Adelaide SA 5000 Phone: 8423 4000 Fax : 8231 0223 Post : G.P.O Box 121, Adelaide 5001 Office Hours:- Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM Saturday - Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-