Re: sil3112 question
Eugeny Kuzakov wrote: On 7/11/06, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Er, no, unless I am much mistaken it doesn't imply that at all (see man ataraid). FreeBSD handles plenty of software (metadata only) RAIDs, though I believe that an archive search will turn up that the sil3112 is possibly the worst such RAID ever and was a poor choice of RAID card, however cheap. Try google. SiL are listed among the controllers supported by ataraid on 6.1 so I would expect the RAID to be recognised even if it performed badly. Of course you are right in all the points!:( I know it now, at the moment of buy I didn't know what chip is used in the Tekram TR-822.. I was very surprised when I see chip name... I don'e think that is the solution worst, but problem is different metadata formats in different BIOSes... Initially I asked who uses sil3112 and hasn't pronlems:) Today I will try to update flash bios to some older version, but it's designed for linux... I hope FreeBSD driver recongnise it's metadata format... I've not used such a RAID so perhaps some specific action with atacontrol is required. I see at least two problems: 1. If I create raid1 or raid0 using atacontrol create bla-bla-bla then I see new device -- ar0. After paririoninglabeling I try to newfs it... FreeBSD hungs in same moment without any warnings... 2. If I create raid1 or raid0 using bios utility of sil3112 then FreeBSD driver doesn'y recognise this metadata. It's just see disk drives and nothing more:( You might have more luck with answers to your problems on the hardware list, and failing that you could ask sos@ regarding metadata problems. Changing the metadata format between BIOS updates seems pretty scummy and obviously if FreeBSD expects one format and you have some other format, it won't work :-( However, I believe the sil3112 has problems beyond this and is just a bad controller. Here's a reference from sos@ who wrote the driver and knows what he's talking about: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2005-January/045274.html Good luck, --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
On 7/10/06, Eugeny Kuzakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32ufs. I want to use fat32 under freebsdwindows xp. I would forget about sil3112 raid capabilities and use software raid in both OS's. gmirror rocks and I hear that winxp has a good implementation of raid, too. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
On 7/12/06, Andrew Pantyukhin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/10/06, Eugeny Kuzakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32ufs. I want to use fat32 under freebsdwindows xp. I would forget about sil3112 raid capabilities and use software raid in both OS's. gmirror rocks and I hear that winxp has a good implementation of raid, too. I know about gmirror/vinum... I want use mirrored fat32 partition under FreeBSDWindows XP. Ifit isn't possible, I theoretically can create two partitons. ntfs/fat32 -- for windows and ufs for fbsd and use them separately, But gmirror require all the disk...If I will configure gmirror, it not will be possible to create pratition for windows xp -- Best wishes, Coredumped. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
Eugeny Kuzakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have p4p800Se mb. I have bought a few days before Tekram TR-822. It's Sil3112 based software raid. I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32ufs. I want to use fat32 under freebsdwindows xp. the problem is that under windows the controller works good, but FreeBSD doesn't see created mirror logical device. Has anyone working same configaration? What sil3112 bios version? Doesn't software RAID imply Windows software? Running Windows software isn't one of FreeBSD's strong points... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Eugeny Kuzakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have p4p800Se mb. I have bought a few days before Tekram TR-822. It's Sil3112 based software raid. I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32ufs. I want to use fat32 under freebsdwindows xp. the problem is that under windows the controller works good, but FreeBSD doesn't see created mirror logical device. Has anyone working same configaration? What sil3112 bios version? Doesn't software RAID imply Windows software? Running Windows software isn't one of FreeBSD's strong points... Er, no, unless I am much mistaken it doesn't imply that at all (see man ataraid). FreeBSD handles plenty of software (metadata only) RAIDs, though I believe that an archive search will turn up that the sil3112 is possibly the worst such RAID ever and was a poor choice of RAID card, however cheap. Try google. SiL are listed among the controllers supported by ataraid on 6.1 so I would expect the RAID to be recognised even if it performed badly. I've not used such a RAID so perhaps some specific action with atacontrol is required. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
On 7/11/06, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't software RAID imply Windows software? Not. Just see http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html How does work? In adapter's bios you can setup in raid configaration. Raid 1 or Raid0. Adapter hasn't any processor. Jusy biossata conroller chips. In result bios will write some meta data to the disks about raid configuration. when you OS boots, it's see the metadata and and OS driver begin work as wrote in metadata using usual sata connamd directly to both disks. -- Best wishes, Coredumped. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sil3112 question
On 7/11/06, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Er, no, unless I am much mistaken it doesn't imply that at all (see man ataraid). FreeBSD handles plenty of software (metadata only) RAIDs, though I believe that an archive search will turn up that the sil3112 is possibly the worst such RAID ever and was a poor choice of RAID card, however cheap. Try google. SiL are listed among the controllers supported by ataraid on 6.1 so I would expect the RAID to be recognised even if it performed badly. Of course you are right in all the points!:( I know it now, at the moment of buy I didn't know what chip is used in the Tekram TR-822.. I was very surprised when I see chip name... I don'e think that is the solution worst, but problem is different metadata formats in different BIOSes... Initially I asked who uses sil3112 and hasn't pronlems:) Today I will try to update flash bios to some older version, but it's designed for linux... I hope FreeBSD driver recongnise it's metadata format... I've not used such a RAID so perhaps some specific action with atacontrol is required. I see at least two problems: 1. If I create raid1 or raid0 using atacontrol create bla-bla-bla then I see new device -- ar0. After paririoninglabeling I try to newfs it... FreeBSD hungs in same moment without any warnings... 2. If I create raid1 or raid0 using bios utility of sil3112 then FreeBSD driver doesn'y recognise this metadata. It's just see disk drives and nothing more:( -- Best wishes, Coredumped. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sil3112 question
Hi there, Hello, can anybody advice? I have p4p800Se mb. I have bought a few days before Tekram TR-822. It's Sil3112 based software raid. I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32ufs. I want to use fat32 under freebsdwindows xp. the problem is that under windows the controller works good, but FreeBSD doesn't see created mirror logical device. Has anyone working same configaration? What sil3112 bios version? thank you. -- Best wishes, Coredumped. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
