From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 04:45:23 2007 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 BFAF516A41A for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F3313C459 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id lBE4jMDj036268; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:45:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Nilsson?= , Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:46:23 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: Cc: Subject: RE: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:23 -0000 Is this FreeBSD 64 or FreeBSD 32 bit? Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Göran Nilsson > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:39 AM > To: Göran Nilsson; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD > 6.2 > > > I have come a bit further. It seems that if I create a 2TB drive > it all goes > good. But it doesn't seems to work when doing a large 5TB drive. > Is there some limitations on fdisk, and the size on partitions? Can't it > exceed 2TB? The machine is a ordinary Core 2 duo 6750 with 4GB of ram. > > /Regards Goran > > On Dec 13, 2007 5:39 PM, Göran Nilsson wrote: > > > On the controller there it says that it supports freebsd 6.1. And yes > > there is documentation on how to install freebsd 6.1 on the raid. > > But for now i have installed freebsd on a RAID1 system, and i > have problem > > getting the card detcted, i run a 5TB RAID 6 on this card. > > Didn't thought that it could be that much differens between > version 6.1and > > 6.2. Gonna try to reinstall. After the reinstall i got the card up and > > running. I see it get detected and it all looks ok. I go in and > do a fdisk > > on the drive and label/mount it. I do all this in sysinstall. > > I can see that the drive is 4648GB so it all looks ok with the RAID 6 > > Drive. > > When i later quit sysinstall and check the mounts i see that the drive > > space is 532GB and available space is 500GB. This looks totally > wrong. Is > > there any limitations that im not aware of? > > > > /Goran > > > > On Dec 13, 2007 1:10 AM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:35:09PM +0100, Göran Nilsson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem getting my EX12350 Radicontroller to work under > > > FreeBSD 6.2. > > > > When i start the computer or rund a dmesg i can see that > > > > "mass storage raid ..no driver attached" > > > > For what i can see this card should be supported under FreeBSD 6.1, > > > but > > > > could it be soo that the support is missing in 6.2? Any tips? > > > > Should i try to go for the 6.3 RC1. I really need this card up and > > > running, > > > > i run it as a RAID 6. I have tried this with just the > generic kernel, > > > > So the most should be in there? > > > > > > > > Ideas, is most appriciating, coz im kinda stuck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What makes you think this card is supported by FreeBSD 6.1? > > > > > > As far as I can tell there is no driver for that card > included with any > > > FreeBSD release. If it was supported the driver would have been > > > included in > > > GENERIC kernel, and if was supported in 6.1 it would have > been in 6.2also. > > > > > > > > > It is quite possible however that Promise provides their own FreeBSD > > > driver > > > for that card. If that is the case you should ask Promise which > > > version(s) > > > of FreeBSD the driver supports and how to install it - or read their > > > documentation where such information can likely be found. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Erik Trulsson > > > ertr1013@student.uu.se > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 9:15 AM