Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:46:31 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> To: Klim <klimklim@tiscali.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs hangs while installing 6.1 Message-ID: <cb5206420611270646r22cd9145o36ba6e73e36bd4a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <456ADA70.5010807@tiscali.it> References: <456ADA70.5010807@tiscali.it>
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On 11/27/06, Klim <klimklim@tiscali.it> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install freebsd 6.1 and the installation hangs while > creating the root filesystem. > I have a Silicon Image 3512 RAID controller configured as a RAID 1 with > two 250GB maxtor drives. I'm using the amd64 distribution on a Pentium D > machine (with a asus P5B motherboard). > The last issued command appares to be: > newfs -O2 /dev/ar0s1a > > Am I doing something wrong? > Has anybody observed such a behavior? Try using dd on /dev/ar0 in both reading and writing directions, see what happens. Personally, I don't understand why people choose anything else than gmirror/gstripe when they need raid 0/1.
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