From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 13:52:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E728106564A for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E258FC0A for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KOC65-0007Yy-6P for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:09 +0000 Received: from pool-138-88-93-174.res.east.verizon.net ([138.88.93.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:09 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-138-88-93-174.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:53:51 -0400 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <48906509.4000201@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-138-88-93-174.res.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: SCSI RAID on FreeBSD 7.0, where is the array? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:11 -0000 ghostcorps@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > > I am fighting the following hardware: > > MB: ASUS p5b-plus (NON vista edition) > Cpu: Core 2 duo 4600 > SCSI Card: Adaptec 39320 (Unused Dell OEM bought from ebay) > HDDs: 2xSeagate Cheetah 73.4 GB Ultra320 SCSI (posibly Dell OEM) > > Nb. The MB does not support PCI-X, but is backwards compatible to a > standard PCI slot. On recommendations I have limited the throughput on > the channels to 160mb. > > If you think any other pieces relevant let me know. > > > I think this is probably just an issue with my not knowing wtf I'm > doing, but to be optimistic lets assume the ahd module worked as there > are no errors in dmesg; which device do I install to? I can not see see > ahd0 in fdisk. > [snip] Sounds like you might be able to see the individual drives which may indicate termination and other stuff is OK. During boot (POST time before OS starts to load) you press CTRL-A (both keys together) to get into the Adaptec card BIOS. You can configure your drives as an array here. There is supposed to be a message on the screen but this message can be disabled by BOFH. Been a while since I've done this, but IIRC after creating the array and rebooting you would then install to ar0. -Mike