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Date:      Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:07:25 -0400
From:      jstarng <jstarng@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: onboard sata raid & freebsd 5.4 need help
Message-ID:  <2d3ab026050909140779c8ea33@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2d3ab026050909140469af253@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2d3ab02605090913122ef62b3f@mail.gmail.com> <2d3ab026050909140469af253@mail.gmail.com>

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atacontrol create RAID0 512 ad4 ad6

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On 9/9/05, jstarng <jstarng@gmail.com> wrote:
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> *mans atacontrol
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> then types: atacontrol create RAID0 512 ad4 ad6
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> wowwy...
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> ...
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> now will i have to do this each time i reboot or is there something i can=
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> do in fstab or something to have it start the raid automatically?
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> On 9/9/05, jstarng <jstarng@gmail.com> wrote:=20
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> > I have the OS installed on an IDE and i want to add two drives for=20
> > RAID-0 striping (1 large drive).=20
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> > They are two 200GB maxtor SATA HDD's
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> > i plugged them in, and used the bios utility to create the array.
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> > when i start Freebsd i can see the MB's onboard controller listed in=20
> > dmesg as:
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> > atapci0 <VIA 6420 SATA150 controller> port blah blah blah irq 20 at=20
> > device 15.0 on pci0
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> > but then later it lists the drives seperately:
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> > ad4: 194481MB <Maxtor 6L200M0/BANC1G10> [395136/16/63] at ata2-master=
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> > SATA150
> > ad6: 194481MB <Maxtor 6L200M0/BANC1G10> [395136/16/63] at ata2-master=
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> > SATA150
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> > so i'm a little confused. was the raid array created? if so how do i ge=
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> > freebsd to view it as one drive because when i fdisk to create the=20
> > partitions, i see both drives listed seperately. and if the array was n=
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> > created, can someone please point me in the right direction?
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> > i'm not finding much with google/freebsd handbook.
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