From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 20 11:01:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 6673916A47B for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from georg@dts.su) Received: from mail.dts.su (mail.dts.su [80.84.115.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D228B43D46 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:01:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from georg@dts.su) Received: (qmail 415 invoked by uid 1009); 20 Jun 2006 11:01:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (192.168.18.98) by mail.dts.su with SMTP; 20 Jun 2006 11:01:42 -0000 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:01:34 +0400 From: georg@dts.su X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.0.1.33) Professional Organization: dts.su X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <475461367.20060620150134@dts.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Resent-from: georg@dts.su MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-Id: <20060620110145.D228B43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:01:45 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re[2]: Please help - adaptec 2820sa not allowing installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: georg@dts.su List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:01:49 -0000 Hello. > Ensel Sharon wrote: >> I did all my due diligence, I contacted freebsd-fs and _made sure_ that >> even though the 2820sa is not listed by name in the HCL, that I could take >> a 6.1-RELEASE cd and install freebsd on a 2820sa. >> >> I was _assured_ that these cards are supported in 6.1-RELEASE, that all is >> well, and I could install and that was that. >> > No, you were not assured, at least not by when we discussed this last > week. I told you that I personally did not guarantee that it worked, > only that I had heard reports that it did. > You have two variables here. One is that it's an array that is larger > than what the aac driver has supported in the past. Second is that it's > RAID-6. Both of these variables should be handled by the aac driver > update that happened last year, but again, I couldn't validate it, so I > can only go with the reports of others. > As others suggested, you need to experiment with simplier > configurations. This will help us identify the cause and hopefully > implement a fix. No one is asking you to throw away money or resources. > Since you've already done the simple test with a single drive, could you > do the following two tests: > 1. RAID-5, full size (whatever >2TB value you were talking about). > 2. RAID-6, <2TB. > From there, I'll figure out what needs to be done to get it fully > working for you. I have Adaptec 2820SA on my FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE. But it work in RAID-10 mode. I was build RAID-5, RAID-6, but FreeBSD (5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1 don't see this raid drive.) On my system also work Adaptec freebsd_cli for 2820SA. -- Network Engineer, SYMBIOS LTD georg [GM5350-RIPE] mailto:georg@dts.su