Date: Wed, 30 Sep 98 14:35:09 -0800 From: "Dan Baker"<dbaker@illuminetss7.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> Subject: Re: DPT Raid hanging on newfs? Message-ID: <9809309071.AA907191257@mailgate.illuminetss7.com>
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Make sure that you leave the last couple of sectors of the HD free.
DPT stores information there about the RAID array.
Also try booting to DOS and using the DPT utilities diskette to
reformat the drives individually.
Dan Baker
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Subject: DPT Raid hanging on newfs?
Author: "Mike Grommet" <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> at Internet_mail
Date: 9/30/98 2:42 PM
Hi guys. Trying to get freebsd 2.2.7 (distribution CD)
up and running on a new server. We are trying to use
a DPT PM3334UW controller and problems are occuring :)
Any help here would be MOST appreciated. I sort of stuck my neck out here
to use a free OS for this server (THEY wanted to use NT on it... *yuck*)
But since I am admining the machine and I like freebsd, I won out :)
The DPT card bios reports its own version as V003.EN
The scsi card is ID7 on all 3 channels
The drives are all id0 on each of the 3 channels.
On bootup, the kernel sees the card as a
DPT Type 3 model PM3334UW, firmware 07M0 on port b810 with write back cache
it also reports that the kernel has the Collections Metrics enabled.
It reports my disk geometry as 1106 cyls / 255 heads / 63 sectors, and
17767890 sectors
I am using RAID V, with 3 4.5gig seagate cheetas 4LP
I get to the menu just fine, and begin a novice installation...
I tell it to use the entire disk, set it as bootable.
I then partition the drive as such:
256M swap
128M /
256M /var
and roughly 8 gig for /usr
Ok, so it starts to do a newfs... it seems to create the / partition ok,
although this goes by so quick I cant say for sure. It seems to copy all
the device files to the drive...
I noticed the error message:
3328 sectors in last cylinder unallocated.
then it starts doing a newfs on the /usr partition... it ticks and ticks and
ticks off the numbers...
then gets to what I assume is the end, but never returns control to the
install program...
it just dies right there...
HELP! What should I begin trying here? I'm definately lost when it comes
to RAID anyway... any bios functions in the DPT controller setup that I
should disable?
Anyone have any ideas?
Is there a knowledgeable individual @ DPT who is familiar with these
controllers
and FreeBSD? Their book that comes with the card doesnt even mention unix
so....
Mike Grommet
System Admin, and all around nice guy
Internet Solutions, Inc.
mgrommet@insolwwb.net
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