Are you sure someone was not using a software RAID instead of the hardware RAID? I would look for that to verify you have not gotten to that mess.
Jon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:26 AM, David Elebute < [email protected]> wrote: > we have the following scenario: > > inherited whitbox server, intel motherboard, adaptec 29160N scsi > controller, 2 Seagate Cheetah 36GB drives. > one hard drive failed giving a medium error when booting and the scsi > controller gives this message upon post. > we ordered and received a fujitsu 36GB map3367np HDD, changed the pinout in > order to make it scsi id 1, current drive is scsi id 0; well when we do this > the current good drive gives us the medium error message and is not seen by > the OS (Windows 2003 std); we have tried all sorts of different combinations > but cannot get the scsi controller to see the original Seagate drive as ID > 0, and the Fujitsu drive as ID 1 simultaneously, we have tried changing the > cable to no avail as this causes the same scenario as above. the only thing > i have not tried is replacing scsi controller (no adaptec 29160N laying > around). > > Any help in getting this resoled would be greatly appreciated. > > David Elebute > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
