From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 8 15: 1:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C8E37B400 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rush.telenordia.se (mail.telenordia.se [194.213.64.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA7B743E31 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark.rowlands@minmail.net) Received: (qmail 6377 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2002 00:00:48 +0200 Received: from bb-62-5-36-29.bb.tninet.se (HELO pcmarpxy.tninet.se) (62.5.36.29) by mail.telenordia.se with SMTP; 9 Jul 2002 00:00:48 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Mark Rowlands To: thrawn@linux.nu Subject: Re: Raid on mylex dac960pg and ami 428 raid cards Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:01:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020707033240.A274@thrawn.birch.se> <200207071547.37664.mark.rowlands@minmail.net> <20020708215407.A540@thrawn.birch.se> In-Reply-To: <20020708215407.A540@thrawn.birch.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200207090001.37945.mark.rowlands@minmail.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon July 8 2002 21:54, thrawn@linux.nu wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for answering so fast. > > > Always take a backup of the raid configuration and the data before yo= u do > > anything! > > That I have allready done, /var /usr /usr/home /usr/ports /etc have i t= ared > down to another partion on an ide disc. > > > Update the firmware and bios :-) > > I will do that also. > > > http://www.mylex.com/pub/support/current_raid/fw_pgpj.EXE > > > > > > Nope. > > You mean I can do it in dos. yep > > My usual procedure is create a dos boot diskette and run the mylex > > configuration utility > > (http://www.mylex.com/pub/support/current_raid/ezassist.exe) and crea= te > > the raid array within that. On some cards you have the option to pres= s F2 > > (istr) and configure from the cards bios but I have had problems with > > that in the past. > This card has a strict bios and I can not do anything in it. I has a > configuration of 3 discs of something that its complaining on when the = bios > initilize on it. But I guesss I can solve this problem with the dos uti= lit > to eraze that config. yep, but back up your config and data first > > man vinum and http://www.vinumvm.org/vinum/ for how to setup virtual > > arrays within freebsd. In short, it depends on the card. > > Im not sure if you did understand what I meant I have a array of 3 18,4 > discs and I have get 2 18,4 disc and want them to join the array. I thi= nk > its possible to do that without have to recreate the hole raid array. S= o > that I don't have to do it from scratch. Are you with me? I think there= is > software for w2k to do it but only w2k... and that is fustrating. But i= t is > better then nothing. this is what ezassist (mylex) does for certain cards and certain raid co= nfigs with newer cards you can expand and contract arrays more at less at will. > > difficult to have a raid 5 setup with only two disks.......... > > I know, see above > > > don't remove one of the disks from a raid array > > But they I have experienced it two times no and the discs are not in a > hotswap bay. It happend after I rebooted the computer or shut it down a= nd > the powerd it on later again. But any way it seems to work good now. > > > And always take a backup of the raid configuration and the data befor= e > > you do anything! > > I Have done that, but again thanks for the tip > > Mvh Mattias Bj=F6rk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message