From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 20 22:20:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9903516A4FF for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF2443D4C for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:20:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7KMKGPb048529; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:20:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D1BFFB8A5; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:20:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:20:15 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Bill Blue Message-ID: <20060820222015.GA29567@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Blue , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20060820120049.06E0516A52F@hub.freebsd.org> <200608201338.56109.matt@chronos.org.uk> <20060820162032.GE633@core.byshenk.net> <20060820173827.GA22931@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20060820175547.GF633@core.byshenk.net> <20060820182248.GA24133@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard RAID problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:20:19 -0000 --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 12:24:36PM -0700, Bill Blue wrote: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:22:48 -0700, Roland Smith wrote: >=20 > >> > > ad6* were the only new devices seen in the OS. > >> > >> > If FreeBSD supports the device, you should see an ar0 device. > >> > >> > Do you have the ataraid(4) driver loaded, or built into your kernel? > >> > >> > >> Alternatively, are you sure you have identified your hardware correctl= y? > >> > >> According to Supermicro here > >> > >> > >> > >> the P4SCT has an Intel 6300ESB onboard RAID controller, which accordin= g to > >> this page > >> > >> > >> > >> is based upon the ICH4, and not Adaptec controller. And, unless I've > >> missed it, this controller is not supported. > > > > The ata(4) manual page lists the 6300ESB as supported. The ataraid(4) > > manual only lists the "Intel MatrixRAID" metadata format as supported. > > > > Roland >=20 > Roland, Greg, >=20 > Thanks for the replies. The Intel 6300ESB (aka Hance Rapids I/O > Controller Hub) serves as a controller for USB 2.0, UDMA100 and > SATA150 devices. Separately of that, there's the Adaptec embedded > SATA with Hostraid controller driver which comes into play if you > activate RAID in the BIOS.=20 >=20 > Since they refer to it as Adaptec's Hostraid controller, it looks like > ataraid(4) should support it.=20 Looks like it. > And Nooooo, I didn't have ataraid defined in my kernel. It was, but > for some reason it isn't now. I'll uh, have to add and rebuild. > Thanks for pointing out my error.=20 Or you could load the module that is built (in the GENERIC kernel, at least). Putting ataraid_load=3D"YES" in /boot/loader.conf should work. > Now, when the ar0s1a-f devices do show up, does the boot device > actually get changed from ad4* to ar0* or do I need to boot single > user while it's talking to ad4* and change the mount points and > reboot? I've never played much with changing boot devices.=20 Me neither :-) I created the RAID1 array in the BIOS, and picked ar0 in sysinstall. I guess you'd have to look in the loader(8) manual and chapter 12 of the Handbook. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE6OAfEnfvsMMhpyURAgvHAKCYg/6CNeEZSA7ynf5oCWGSza5PEACbBUjv /lnxmKf9g21DtQ22olPRbP0= =ipvd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt--