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From: Jeffrey Williams <jeff@sailorfej.net>
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Subject: Re: i386/100160: [mfid] Perc5i: additional symptomatic info on
 virtual disk detection issue
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The following reply was made to PR i386/100160; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jeffrey Williams <jeff@sailorfej.net>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, dmartin@euitt.upm.es
Subject: Re: i386/100160: [mfid] Perc5i: additional symptomatic info on virtual
 disk detection issue
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:04:15 -0700

 I don't know if anyone specifically is working on this, but just tried 
 to install FreeBSD 6.1 from CD on a Dell 2950 with the PERC 5/i SAS 
 controller.
 
 This server was originally configured with two hardware RAID virual 
 disks, the first was RAID 1 with two 36GB drives, and the second was 
 RAID 5 with three 72 GB drives.
 
 Just like the original PR, the first was detected and identified in the 
 the installer volume setup as both mfid0 and mfid1.
 
 In order to try and work around the problem and just get the machine up 
 and running, I tried deleting the RAID 1 virtual disk with the intention 
 of installing everything to the RAID 5 virtual disk, however, with the 
 first virtual disk removed, no drives where detected at all.
 
 Next I will be trying removing the physical drives original used in the 
 RAID 1 virtual disk, and re-initializing the RAID 5 array.  I will 
 provide an update if successful.
 
 In the meantime if anybody else is aware of another work around of fix 
 for this, I appreciate hearing about it.  If a patch comes out soon, I 
 will be happy to provide testing, but I have a small window as this 
 server was being implemented as an emergency replacement for another server.
 
 Thanks,
 Jeffrey Williams