From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 17:54:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C91106566B for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s16.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s16.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 899AC8FC13 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY102-W32 ([64.4.61.132]) by bay0-omc3-s16.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:54:32 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [217.133.1.92] From: Andrew Hotlab To: Mike Tancsa Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:31 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200808121704.m7CH4OZG032314@lava.sentex.ca> References: <200808121549.m7CFnmBo031979@lava.sentex.ca> <200808121704.m7CH4OZG032314@lava.sentex.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2008 17:54:32.0599 (UTC) FILETIME=[79A8A270:01C8FCA4] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:32 -0000 > Date: Tue=2C 12 Aug 2008 13:04:32 -0400 > To: andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com > From: mike@sentex.net > Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 > CC: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org >=20 > At 12:13 PM 8/12/2008=2C Andrew Hotlab wrote: >>last e-mail! :) I can confirm that all works like a charm without=20 >>the Areca card. So=2C where the problem might lie?! I tested the card=20 >>with both 7.0-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT (it hangs even before) without >>success... :( >=20 > Perhaps a disk option set on the Areca ? Looking at my config=2C I have=20 > it set to > SATA300+NCQ > HDD Read Ahead Cache enabled > Stagger Power On Control 0..4 > Spin Down Idle HDD disabled > HDD SMART status polling enabled > Disk Write Cache Mode enabled >=20 > Can you try booting without the drives=2C or with just a couple of=20 > drives with a fresh raidset created ? I wonder if the box is booting=20 > up and is confused by the existing raidset ? >=20 > ---Mike >=20 My card's options were slightly different from yours ("Stagger Power On Con= trol" was set to "0..7" and "Disk Write Cache Mode" was set to "Auto"). Even setting them as yours the = 7.0R didn't boot. I tried to boot without disks using the new firmware=2C but nothing changed= ! Then I created a new RAID0 set/volume using only a single SATA drive (it was used as online spare)=2C = but still not success... I'm afraid to have ended any ideas about what it might be the cause of this trouble!! = :( I'll go on changing PCI-X slot of the Areca card=2C but I'm going to became= pessimistic about a successful end of this story... sigh! _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=3Dwindows+vista&mkt=3Den-US&form=3DQBR= E=