Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:40:04 +0930 (CST) From: Chris Foote <chris@inetd.com.au> To: Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable on Supermicro server? Message-ID: <20040714103606.W7033@sushi.cryptofish.com> In-Reply-To: <EB5FA6F2-D52F-11D8-A28E-000A959CFF76@altesco.nl> References: <C42AD578-D509-11D8-A28E-000A959CFF76@altesco.nl> <EB5FA6F2-D52F-11D8-A28E-000A959CFF76@altesco.nl>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Ben Stuyts wrote: > > On 14 Jul 2004, at 02:12, Chris Foote wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Ben Stuyts wrote: >> >>> I am planning on building a FreeBSD server with a Supermicro 5013C-T 1U >>> server. It has a Supermicro P4SCE motherboard, with a P4 of around 2.8 >>> GHz, and 512MB or 1 GB memory. I am planning on adding two Western >>> Digital Raptor 74 GB SATA drives in mirror. > >> The SATA RAID controller, although it provides a 'legacy' option >> which should expose the RAID as an ordinary device, doesn't work >> despite the fact that both disk drives' LEDs flash when RAID 1 is >> enabled ;-( The RAID isn't supported by almost any operating system. > > So I'm not sure I understand fully: is there a way to connect the sata drives > to the onboard ich5 controller, and make them work as separate (not raid) > devices? In that case I could use vinum. If you enable 'legacy' mode in the BIOS settings for the RAID, and select 'IDE' mode rather than 'RAID', then you end up with 2 simulated ata drives which you can access with any operating system: ad0: 114473MB <WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0> [232581/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 ad1: 114473MB <WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0> [232581/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA100 so you could use vinum on them. Chris Foote <chris@inetd.com.au> _ _ _ Jabber: chris@jabber.inetd.com.au (_) | | | | Director - INETD PTY LTD _ _ __ ___ | |_ __| | Level 2, 132 Franklin St | | | '_ \ / _ \ | __| / _` | Adelaide SA 5000 | | | | | | | __/ | |_ | (_| | Web: http://www.inetd.com.au |_| |_| |_| \___| \__| \__,_| Phone: (08) 8410 4566
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