Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:10:29 GMT From: Jeffrey Williams <jeff@sailorfej.net> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/100160: [mfid] Perc5i: additional symptomatic info on virtual disk detection issue Message-ID: <200609061610.k86GATTj008619@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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
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