On 22 jan 2006, at 22.58, Michael S. Eubanks wrote:
...snip...
Can there be problems with the mobo/controllercard? Or is it more
likely to be driver realted? Promise lists my motherboard (asus
a7v333) in their manual for the controllercard (promise sataII 150
TX4).
...snip...
After looking at the dmesg output, I am curious whether you are using
the promise sataII 150 TX4 controller for the raid disks? I see
you are
using 6.0-RELEASE whereas I'm using 5.4-STABLE with that particular
controller. My dmesg output for the disk array looks like the
following:
Hi! Thanks for response!
Yes, this is a Promise SATAII 150 TX4 controller.. But afaik it
doesnt do raid??
ad4: 238475MB <HDT722525DLA380/V44OA80A> [484521/16/63] at ata2-master
SATA150
ad6: 238475MB <HDS722525VLSA80/V36OA60A> [484521/16/63] at ata3-master
SATA150
ad8: 238475MB <HDT722525DLA380/V44OA80A> [484521/16/63] at ata4-master
SATA150
ad10: 238475MB <HDT722525DLA380/V44OA80A> [484521/16/63] at ata5-
master
SATA150
ar0: 953900MB <ATA RAID0 array> [65535/255/63] status: READY subdisks:
disk0 READY on ad4 at ata2-master
disk1 READY on ad6 at ata3-master
disk2 READY on ad8 at ata4-master
disk3 READY on ad10 at ata5-master
The device I mount as my raid filesystem is ar0s1 and I believe it
corresponds to ``device ataraid'' in the kernel. I read the raid
mirroring page in the handbook, although, I'm thinking your controller
should represent each disk as ``ar0'' and handle the mirroring itself
(possibly consisting of two sets of two disks). I really don't know
though.
No /dev/ar*..
It looks like the RAID1 mirroring tutorial is for systems that don't
actually have a raid controller. Hence, the RAID0 tutorial is the one
that I would be using if I did not use the promise controller.
Because
I _DO_ use the controller, I am simply able to manipulate the ar0 disk
array as a single disk. I imagine your setup will differ, but I hope
this helps.
This card does afaik dont have raid functionalitys (I've never read
anything about it either on the web, the cards box or anywhere else..).
I'm running GENERIC, which does include ataraid..
What does your dmesg identify your card as?
atapci0: <Promise PDC40518 SATA150 controller> port 0xb800-0xb87f,
0xb400-0xb4ff mem 0xfb800000-0xfb800fff,0xfb000000-0xfb01ffff irq 19
at device 12.0 on pci0
Is it the same PDC chipset?
--
Johan
-Michael
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