From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 16:28:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA42D16A41B for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:28:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trevor.hearn@Vanderbilt.Edu) Received: from mailgate.vanderbilt.edu (mailgate.vanderbilt.edu [129.59.4.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CDF913C465 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:28:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trevor.hearn@Vanderbilt.Edu) Received: from mailfe05.email.vanderbilt.edu (mailfe05.email.vanderbilt.edu [129.59.1.184]) by mailgate02.csm.vanderbilt.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1CFmL8o007498 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:48:21 -0600 Received: from mailbe17.email.Vanderbilt.edu ([129.59.1.7]) by mailfe05.email.vanderbilt.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:48:21 -0600 Received: from 129.59.238.110 ([129.59.238.110]) by mailbe17.email.Vanderbilt.edu ([129.59.1.7]) via Exchange Front-End Server email.vanderbilt.edu ([129.59.1.200]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:48:21 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:48:20 -0600 From: Trevor Hearn To: Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Promise RAID array and mounting questions Thread-Index: AchtjrDb72ZnXtmBEdy3kQAbY6lRSw== Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Feb 2008 15:48:21.0507 (UTC) FILETIME=[B1C12D30:01C86D8E] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=4.65.5502:2.3.11, 1.2.37, 4.0.164 definitions=2008-02-12_05:2008-02-07, 2008-02-12, 2008-02-12 signatures=0 X-PPS: No, score=0 Cc: Subject: Promise RAID array and mounting questions 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: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:28:41 -0000 Hi there. I am hoping someone can help me with my question here. I have used freeBSD for many years, and I am pushing into new territory. I have constructed a 16 1tb drive array from Promise Technologies, and connected it via Fibre to a Dell server running FreeBSD 6.3. I can see the promise array, it shows us as DA0. The problem is what is listed in the Dmesg stream shows the right amount of storage space on the array, but when I use sysinstall, I cannot mount that space as the full volume. I don't know if I am missing information on what to put for geometry, but anything I put does not get accepted as usable. I know that there is a technique for using targets, etc, but I cannot find information on doing what I am doing. Well, I don't recognize it as being what I need. Is there someone or somewhere out there that would have information that would help me get to the destination I seek? Thanks! -Trevor Hearn