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Date:      Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:28:43 -0700
From:      dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com>
To:        EX 279 <ex279@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSD sees 3 drives
Message-ID:  <20010802222843.D28622@toldme.com>
In-Reply-To: <F15979ISoE4JiXJJCj700011762@hotmail.com>; from ex279@hotmail.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:11:12PM -0500
References:  <F15979ISoE4JiXJJCj700011762@hotmail.com>

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On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:11:12PM -0500, EX 279 wrote:
> I'm installing FreeBSD 4.3 onto my server, but when I get to the option on 
> partitioning the drives, it sees three drives.  I'm using a Adaptec 
> ARO-1130U2 card which is supported by 4.3, however, FreeBSD sees 3 drives 
> instead of 1.  Is this normal when using a RAID5?  I created the array with 
> the Adaptec software.  Is there someway to create a RAID in FreeBSD?

Did you configure three logical drives on your RAID?  Does the Adaptec
present the system with a SCSI device, or does it require driver
support?

For software RAID, check out vinum.

-danny

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