Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:55:16 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Matrix RAID (ICH8R) rebuild? Message-ID: <200711150955.17352.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4651A35F.7030502@bulinfo.net> References: <46516150.5090705@bulinfo.net> <DBE728CF-DF9B-46BA-9D84-D8F012B7E4A3@gid.co.uk> <4651A35F.7030502@bulinfo.net>
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On Monday 21 May 2007 09:49:19 am Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > Bob Bishop wrote: > > > > On 21 May 2007, at 12:52, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > > > >> Bob Bishop wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> On 21 May 2007, at 10:07, Krassimir Slavchev wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I have problems rebuilding RAID1 array. The bios shows status > >>>> 'Rebuild' and 'Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within > >>>> the operating system'. > >>>> When I try to do 'atacontrol rebuild ar0': > >>>> atacontrol: ioctl(IOCATARAIDREBUILD): Device not configured > >>> > >>> From the output below, assuming the system is running OK, the RAID > >>> doesn't need rebuilding. The BIOS is just confused about the state > >>> of the array, it will probably still boot from it OK. > >> Yes, it boots OK but the RAID need rebuilding. This status is result > >> of disconnecting the second disk, booting, create some files and then > >> reconnect the second disk. [etc] > > > > OK. You need to follow the steps in > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/raid.html > > section 18.4.3. Be careful to detach/reattach the right disk :-) > > > > When the rebuild has finished you may find that the BIOS doesn't > > realize the array has been rebuilt, but that may not matter (much). > > > After rebuilding the bios shows 'Normal' status. It seems that the > ata-raid driver can't detect when the array need rebuilding. > > Thanks for your help The ata-raid driver does not automatically start a rebuild, you have to kick if off by hand. -- John Baldwin
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