Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:31 +0000 From: Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Areca ARC-1120 on FreeBSD 7.0 Message-ID: <BAY102-W32AA4C7F61460EDB529174F6700@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <200808121704.m7CH4OZG032314@lava.sentex.ca> References: <BAY102-W428F28799636A3B28D3A56F6710@phx.gbl> <tcv2a45d6qg60em6mlgpbtrrm4sjndtgt6@4ax.com> <BAY102-W48FB2A48FD4E357A8A8A25F6700@phx.gbl> <200808121549.m7CFnmBo031979@lava.sentex.ca> <BAY102-W296BBEA07B909CD3B3A636F6700@phx.gbl> <200808121704.m7CH4OZG032314@lava.sentex.ca>
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> 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!
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