From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 14:18:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D11C106566C for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:18:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38C58FC1C for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5QEIIP2041368; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:18:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626091608.0259b610@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:18:16 -0500 To: "Garrett Cooper" , current@freebsd.org, "FreeBSD Questions" From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com > References: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080626-0, 06/26/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m5QEIIP2041368 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive 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: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:18:34 -0000 At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: >Hello, > First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this >but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just >trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe) get a reply >quicker... > I'm running 8-CURRENT on my machine and it appears that one of >the disks in my RAID5 array has taken a nose dive (BIOS recognizes >that it exists, but Intel Matrix Manager claims that the disk is an >"Offline Member"). After doing some reading it appears that it's >kaput, so I need to get a replacement disk to fix this one... > That aside, I need to determine how to rebuild the array in a >Unix environment because Intel only provides instructions for how to >use their Windows matrix manager. If anyone can point me to some links >or provide me with some pointers on how to correct this issue, I'd owe >you a lot; in fact the next time you come by Santa Cruz, CA I'll >gladly treat you to some beers or something else you might want :)... >Linux solutions (if there isn't a proper one for FreeBSD) are valid, >as long as the core data remains uncorrupted and I can do what I need >to from a LiveCD. I'm just scared to boot up OS and have it do some >irrevocable operation like fsck -y and assume parity errors are ok or >something along those lines (I don't remember if I set rc.conf to >fsck -y and I know I can change that from single-user mode, but I want >to play things conservatively if at all possible) :\... > Filesystem is UFS2 with softupdates of course. > Point proven that I need to backup my data more often :(... >TIA, >-Garrett > >PS If replying on the questions@ list, please CC me as I'm not >subscribed to that list. Most of the intel RAID functions can be accessed through the BIOS console too. It isn't as pretty as the GUI versions but has the same functions. The drives are labeled so the RAID controller will know a drive was replaced. You just need to tell the controller to add it to the array and rebuild the array. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.