Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:59:58 -0400 From: "Lisandro Grullon" <lisandro.grullon@gmail.com> To: "Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometry Errors. Message-ID: <9a4a258a0605251059w36b7f3c5k8d823c863e82845f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9a4a258a0605250647q4d0cd33kf6bf95f06af795d8@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a4a258a0605240749j6901765auf942c5c6cd99671e@mail.gmail.com> <44747DD3.9040805@daleco.biz> <9a4a258a0605241035v28088f83l845c8c320a44f87@mail.gmail.com> <9a4a258a0605250647q4d0cd33kf6bf95f06af795d8@mail.gmail.com>
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The current setup I got in the machine is using 2 SATA (200GB each) with th= e raid controller that is build into the motherboard (tyan S2885). I wanted t= o add additional space and I got a Areca 1120 which could hold another 8 sata drives. I only have a 5 bay enclosure so I went ahead and I orderd 5 (300GB= ) drives. I configure the controller to use Raid 5 with 4 drives and keep 1 a= s spare in case of a failure. The problem that is bothering me is that the OS works great with the RAID 1 configuration. When I boot into FBSD it all goe= s ok and I loging and everything , but when I try configuring the RAID 5 disk set using sysinstall> fdisk I get the disk geometry error right after selecting the disk set. I am not sure, but is there a way to find out the disk geometry that the controller bios is assuming is the correct one. If there is a way to find that information our, I can just use the "G" option in fdisk and input the correct disk geometry myself. What aproach is the best one to take in my case. Thank you. Lisandro On 5/25/06, Lisandro Grullon <lisandro.grullon@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is interesting, this is what reca repply back to me. I think areca should > add some sort of utility in the controller to find out the disk geometry > information in the fly and stop blamming FBSD. > > Dear Sir, > > This is Kevin Wang from Areca Technology, Tech-Support Team. > regarding your problem, it looks like a FreeBSD bug, here is a discussion > i > found in google : > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=3D429394 > > > Best Regards, > > > Kevin Wang > > Areca Technology Tech-support Division > Tel : 886-2-87974060 Ext. 223 > Fax : 886-2-87975970 > Http://www.areca.com.tw <http://www.areca.com.tw/>; > Ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw <ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/>; > > > > On 5/24/06, Lisandro Grullon <lisandro.grullon@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Kevin and thanks for repplyng, sysinstall does not crach at all, the > > problem is that the information is not retain by the label. I keep gett= ing > > that contact "Disk Geometry" error when I try fdisk into the volume/dri= ve. > > Any ideas what is happening. let me know what other information you may= need > > to assist me further. > > > > > > On 5/24/06, Kevin Kinsey < kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > > > > > > Lisandro Grullon wrote: > > > > Good Morning, > > > > > > > > Last night I was trying installing a new Areca controller 1120 8 > > > ports > > > > using a 5 bay (300GB seagate) drives Raid 5. The main OS is install > > > using the > > > > SATA controller in RAID 1 configuration of the mother board, the > > > addition of > > > > last night was a separate controller I install.The install when goo= d > > > and I > > > > installed my modules in the kernel, now my problem is when I try to > > > > partition the volume using fdisk/label with system install it is > > > giving me > > > > nasty disk geometry incorrect error, can anyone tell me what is thi= s > > > all > > > > about? Thank you. > > > > > > We'd probably need some more information. Does sysinstall crash? > > > Does the fdisk information get written to disk anyway? The label? > > > > > > KDK > > > > > > -- > > > Zero Mostel: That's it baby! When you got it, flaunt it! Flaunt it! > > > -- Mel Brooks, The Producers > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lisandro Grullon > > New York City College of Technology > > Division of Continuing Education > > Director of Network Operations > > Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 > > Lisandro E-mail: lgrullon@citytech.cuny.edu > > "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at > > once.". <Albert Einstein> > > > > > > -- > Lisandro Grullon > New York City College of Technology > Division of Continuing Education > Director of Network Operations > Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 > Lisandro E-mail: lgrullon@citytech.cuny.edu > "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.". > <Albert Einstein> > --=20 Lisandro Grullon New York City College of Technology Division of Continuing Education Director of Network Operations Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 Lisandro E-mail: lgrullon@citytech.cuny.edu "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.". <Albert Einstein>
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