Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:49:05 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806280349j7eace513idb5cd81f9e2e4e0a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0806280348r65875755pf7dc3917bba2bcb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com> <1214492963.35536.22.camel@localhost> <4863B968.4040805@clearchain.com> <7d6fde3d0806262004u171bf9dx179564be5a76d9c7@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080627170323.02591528@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806272057p795277a2ie60ac7d7d10f0a6e@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280129i31874960ofbc7627598e1426f@mail.gmail.com> <735A937C-89A9-411A-AA3F-377F576E635E@freebsd.org> <7d6fde3d0806280348r65875755pf7dc3917bba2bcb5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:02 AM, S=F8ren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Erm, this makes no sense at all. You state you use the "iir" driver for t= he > card, yet you expect to see the devices under ATA ? Those are two very > different animals, you can't use them together in away way or fashion on = the > same drives. > > That asks the question: which one is it ? > > If you use "iir" I have no idea how/if a rebuild is possible under FreeBS= D, > however it could be in the BIOS or with any other OS that supports it (he= re > the HW should have kept your parity data intact). > > If you use ATA you shouldn't have used RAID5 as the docs tell you, as the= re > will be no parity data to rebuild from no matter what BIOS/OS you use -> = you > will get garbage no matter what. Uhm... ok, I'll bite. What documentation states how to use RAID's under FreeBSD properly? The GEOM docs didn't seem to be what I was looking for back then. >> Thanks for the help and support. This definitely served as a lesson to >> backup my data more often... > > That by itself may be worth all the trouble :) No doubt. Thanks :), -Garrett
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