From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 06:15:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E8FD16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:15:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.minutemenu.com (mail.minutemenu.com [69.93.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A26E43D2D for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:15:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jreeder@minutemenu.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.minutemenu.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.minutemenu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 934B8228865; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:10:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from mail.minutemenu.com ([69.93.74.12]) by localhost (lisa.minutemenu.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70324-08; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:10:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (c-67-173-207-169.client.comcast.net [67.173.207.169]) by mail.minutemenu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7B13228649; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:10:37 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Reeder To: "Roger. O. Svenning" In-Reply-To: <41C7525A.7020509@audioweb.no> References: <41C7525A.7020509@audioweb.no> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1103609837.3637.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:17:17 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.minutemenu.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell CERC SATA 2S question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jreeder@minutemenu.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:15:31 -0000 Hmm, well since I'm stuck with the hardware that I've been given, does that mean that I need to pursue a different OS? I'd love to run FreeBSD on this server, but I can't change any of its hardware so do I need to look at Linux? On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:29, Roger. O. Svenning wrote: > Jonathan Reeder wrote: > > >I just got a Dell PowerEdge SC420 (or something like that) with the CERC > >SATA 2S RAID. When the server boots, the Adaptec utility tells me that I > >have one array configured, a RAID 1 with 2 drives. However, when I launch > >the 5.3 installer and go to Allocate Disk Space options, it sees two drives > >rather than the single RAID array. The two drives it sees are ad4 and ad6. > >I get an error when I select either of them, saying: > > > > > RAID on your SATA controller are not supported by FreeBSD. > If supported you'd see the array as ar0 along with the ad(4|6) entries. > > >"A geometry of 310019/16/63 for ad(4|6) is incorrect. Using a more likely > >geometry..." > > > > > > > This is quite normal > > >Any thoughts on how I can get FreeBSD to see my SATA array as an array > >rather than as two separate drives? > > > > > Get a supported SATA controller. > I'm using the HighPoint Rocketraid 15xx ones, tho there seem to be some > speed issues as I get very low transfer speeds on the arrays. > > Roger O. Svenning >