Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:06:26 -0000 From: "G D McKee" <freebsd@gdmckee.com> To: "Scott Long" <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>, "Doug Silver" <dsilver@urchin.com> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100S Raid 5 question Message-ID: <023401c2d9fd$dc54e660$c800a8c0@p2000> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0302211531350.1840-100000@rysanekf2.pragonet.cz> <3E569244.5070702@btc.adaptec.com> <200302211309.58549.dsilver@urchin.com> <3E56985B.10102@btc.adaptec.com>
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Hi What error messages did it come up with when you added the 36GB disk? My card - all be it an ata raid card - has an option in the BIOS to force a disk rebuild. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Long" <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: "Doug Silver" <dsilver@urchin.com> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100S Raid 5 question > Doug Silver wrote: > > I have a RAID 5 setup using 4 Seagate 18Gb drives, one drive failed so I > > ordered another one but the model # was not exact, so it turned out that the > > capacity was less than 17522Mb that the others are at, so the raid will not > > rebuild. The frustration of buying a "18Gb drive"!! Is there anything I can > > do in the short term while I wait for the drive to be RMA'd and/or try to > > find that exact model? I even tried sticking in a spare 36Gb IBM scsi, but > > that didn't work at all -- I would have been surprised if it had, but I was > > desperate ;) > > > > TIA > > I'm surprised that the 36GB drive didn't work. The controller should > have allowed you to rebuild on the the first 18GB portion of the drive > (leaving the remainder unused). I'm no longer terribly familiar with > how the 2100S handles these cases; would it be possible to call > Adaptec Tech Support? They are actually very knowledgable with those > controllers. > > Scott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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