Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:44:41 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Nilsson?=" <goran.nilsson@gmail.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD 6.2 Message-ID: <fb2eabca0712132344p19042cbbj35522d971965021f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEDBCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <fb2eabca0712131039k255fa572m389835c3b24a4056@mail.gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEDBCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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This is a FreeBSD 32 bit system. On Dec 14, 2007 5:46 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > Is this FreeBSD 64 or FreeBSD 32 bit? > > Ted > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of G=F6ran Nilsso= n > > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:39 AM > > To: G=F6ran Nilsson; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD > > 6.2 > > > > > > I have come a bit further. It seems that if I create a 2TB drive > > it all goes > > good. But it doesn't seems to work when doing a large 5TB drive. > > Is there some limitations on fdisk, and the size on partitions? Can't i= t > > exceed 2TB? The machine is a ordinary Core 2 duo 6750 with 4GB of ram. > > > > /Regards Goran > > > > On Dec 13, 2007 5:39 PM, G=F6ran Nilsson <goran.nilsson@gmail.com> wrot= e: > > > > > On the controller there it says that it supports freebsd 6.1. And yes > > > there is documentation on how to install freebsd 6.1 on the raid. > > > But for now i have installed freebsd on a RAID1 system, and i > > have problem > > > getting the card detcted, i run a 5TB RAID 6 on this card. > > > Didn't thought that it could be that much differens between > > version 6.1and > > > 6.2. Gonna try to reinstall. After the reinstall i got the card up an= d > > > running. I see it get detected and it all looks ok. I go in and > > do a fdisk > > > on the drive and label/mount it. I do all this in sysinstall. > > > I can see that the drive is 4648GB so it all looks ok with the RAID 6 > > > Drive. > > > When i later quit sysinstall and check the mounts i see that the driv= e > > > space is 532GB and available space is 500GB. This looks totally > > wrong. Is > > > there any limitations that im not aware of? > > > > > > /Goran > > > > > > On Dec 13, 2007 1:10 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:35:09PM +0100, G=F6ran Nilsson wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I have a problem getting my EX12350 Radicontroller to work under > > > > FreeBSD 6.2. > > > > > When i start the computer or rund a dmesg i can see that > > > > > "mass storage raid ..no driver attached" > > > > > For what i can see this card should be supported under FreeBSD 6.= 1 > , > > > > but > > > > > could it be soo that the support is missing in 6.2? Any tips? > > > > > Should i try to go for the 6.3 RC1. I really need this card up an= d > > > > running, > > > > > i run it as a RAID 6. I have tried this with just the > > generic kernel, > > > > > So the most should be in there? > > > > > > > > > > Ideas, is most appriciating, coz im kinda stuck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What makes you think this card is supported by FreeBSD 6.1? > > > > > > > > As far as I can tell there is no driver for that card > > included with any > > > > FreeBSD release. If it was supported the driver would have been > > > > included in > > > > GENERIC kernel, and if was supported in 6.1 it would have > > been in 6.2also. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is quite possible however that Promise provides their own FreeBS= D > > > > driver > > > > for that card. If that is the case you should ask Promise which > > > > version(s) > > > > of FreeBSD the driver supports and how to install it - or read thei= r > > > > documentation where such information can likely be found. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > > > > Erik Trulsson > > > > ertr1013@student.uu.se > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: > 12/13/2007 > 9:15 AM > >
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