Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:17:17 -0600 From: Jonathan Reeder <jreeder@minutemenu.com> To: "Roger. O. Svenning" <roger@audioweb.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell CERC SATA 2S question Message-ID: <1103609837.3637.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <41C7525A.7020509@audioweb.no> References: <NIECLIJFBLKHJMOALIKPKEFPCNAA.jreeder@minutemenu.com> <41C7525A.7020509@audioweb.no>
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Hmm, well since I'm stuck with the hardware that I've been given, does that mean that I need to pursue a different OS? I'd love to run FreeBSD on this server, but I can't change any of its hardware so do I need to look at Linux? On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:29, Roger. O. Svenning wrote: > Jonathan Reeder wrote: > > >I just got a Dell PowerEdge SC420 (or something like that) with the CERC > >SATA 2S RAID. When the server boots, the Adaptec utility tells me that I > >have one array configured, a RAID 1 with 2 drives. However, when I launch > >the 5.3 installer and go to Allocate Disk Space options, it sees two drives > >rather than the single RAID array. The two drives it sees are ad4 and ad6. > >I get an error when I select either of them, saying: > > > > > RAID on your SATA controller are not supported by FreeBSD. > If supported you'd see the array as ar0 along with the ad(4|6) entries. > > >"A geometry of 310019/16/63 for ad(4|6) is incorrect. Using a more likely > >geometry..." > > > > > > > This is quite normal > > >Any thoughts on how I can get FreeBSD to see my SATA array as an array > >rather than as two separate drives? > > > > > Get a supported SATA controller. > I'm using the HighPoint Rocketraid 15xx ones, tho there seem to be some > speed issues as I get very low transfer speeds on the arrays. > > Roger O. Svenning >
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