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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:50:45 -0400
From:      "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com>
To:        "'kalin m'" <kalin@el.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: RAID
Message-ID:  <283601c88322$b4ba8af0$6900a8c0@tamouh>
In-Reply-To: <47D5E08D.1000203@el.net>
References:  <47D5E08D.1000203@el.net>

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> hi ...
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> i have a simple RAID question(s).
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> this is from the dmesg of a newly installed bsd7:
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> ad4: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250310AS 3.AAA> at ata2-master SATA150
> ad6: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250310AS 3.AAA> at ata3-master SATA150
> ar0: 238472MB <Intel MatrixRAID RAID1> status: READY
> ar0: disk0 READY (master) using ad4 at ata2-master
> ar0: disk1 READY (mirror) using ad6 at ata3-master
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> from what i understand here is that if at the time of=20
> installation i install the system on ar0 that means i'd have=20
> RAID1 made out of ad4 and ad6.
> right?
> is there any configuration to be done?
> how do i know what driver is being used? it says:
> hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008=20
> 19:59:27) .............................................
> hptrr: no controller detected.'
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> that's it. thanks.
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It is saying "ar0: 238472MB <Intel MatrixRAID RAID1> status: READY"

So assume it is onboard Intel RAID. When configuring FBSD setup, just =
make sure you're selecting the ar0 controller and partition it as you =
like. That is it!

Tamouh





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