From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 4 10:30:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85A016A403 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:30:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@upful.org) Received: from simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts5.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7722E13C469 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:30:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@upful.org) Received: from upful.org ([74.12.88.143]) by simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070404103023.JPKE1625.simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@upful.org> for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:30:23 -0400 Received: from upful.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by upful.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l34BUGTm094227 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:30:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alex@upful.org) Received: (from alex@localhost) by upful.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l34BUAEk094226 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:30:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alex) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:30:10 -0500 From: Alexander Anderson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070404113009.GA93829@upful.org> References: <461200AE.4010100@careytech.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <461200AE.4010100@careytech.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: Hardware Raid on Intel DG965OT Motherboard 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: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:30:28 -0000 Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 05:22:22 PM, Ivan Carey wrote: > Is there hardware support for this Motherboard Intel DG965OT Motherboard > in FreeBSD 6.2 I have read the Hardware notes but am unable to determine > if FreeBSD 6.2 is compatible with Intel DG965OT Motherboard and the on > board Martix Storage Technology > I would like to setup a Raid 1 > > http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm > > > Also are the any concise instruction on how to setup hardware raid 1? I > have searched the net I have Intel D975XBX2 with two on-board SATA RAID controllers: one is Intel Matrix and the other is Marvell storage. I have FreeBSD 6.2 with RAID-5 using Intel Matrix Storage. It seems to work fine. When you set it up, you first have to create a RAID array. When your machine boots, right after (or before?) you see the screen that takes you to the BIOS configuration, you'll be prompted to press Ctrl-I (IIRC) and you'll be taken to RAID controller configuration screen. It's really straightforward how to create a new array. Then, when you boot FreeBSD, you should look at dmesg output. Mine looks like this: ad4: 305245MB at ata2-master SATA150 ad6: 305245MB at ata3-master SATA150 ad8: 305245MB at ata4-master SATA150 ad10: 305245MB at ata5-master SATA150 ar0: 915729MB status: READY ar0: disk0 READY using ad4 at ata2-master ar0: disk1 READY using ad8 at ata4-master ar0: disk2 READY using ad6 at ata3-master ar0: disk3 READY using ad10 at ata5-master FreeBSD installer asked me what drive I wanted to install it to: ad4, ad6, ad8, ad10, or ar0. Of course, I chose ar0. (The second on-board RAID controller, Marvell 88SE6145, seems to be unsupported under FreeBSD 6.2, unfortunately. It gave me quite some trouble. But that's another topic.)