Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:13:37 -0800 From: Erin Fortenberry <efortenb@sdccd.cc.ca.us> To: "'Thomas Coppens'" <thomas.coppens@advalvas.be>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD on a RAID0 array with onboard RAID Message-ID: <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B93453A8F5F@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us>
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This is because FreeBSD does not (as far as I know) support RAID on the promise cards/chips. If this has changed I'd really like to know. Erin > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Coppens [mailto:thomas.coppens@advalvas.be] > > I've already sent this message to freebsd-questions list, but nobody > could help me. Maybe it's more hardware related? > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my computer which uses an Asus A7V133 > main board with onboard Promise RAID controller, configured in RAID 0 > (and fully operational under Windows XP). I also have a > CD-writer and a > DVD, each connected to the one of the two IDE connectors of the VIA > chipset. When I load the kernel from the FreeBSD CD, I receive the > following > message: > > <PASTE> > ar0: 58623 MB (ATA RAID0 array> [7473/255/63] subdisks: > ad4: 29311 MB <Maxtor 5T030H3> [59554/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 > ad4: 29311 MB <Maxtor 5T030H3> [59554/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 > (null) REQUEST_SENSE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices > </PASTE> > > The kernel does find the RAID0 array... but gives a timeout? > > Any help would be appreciated, > Thomas Coppens > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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