That would be nice, if it were possible! I am using several more RocketRaid cards here (parrallel ATA), some appear to have an extended BIOS that supports array rebuilding, some have only a basic-BIOS
The one I'm having trouble with right now only has 3 options in its BIOS: Create Array, Delete Array, Set Boot Disk. That's it :( I think you have to rebuild it from the BIOS on the > highpoint card. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of N3TW4LK3R > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:35 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Replacing broken drive on RocketRaid 1520 SATA RAID controller > > > > hi, > > I'm running 5.4-RELEASE on a server with a Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 > controller. Recently one of the drives failed, but the system > kept running, > which is nice. > Now, however, I'm trying to replace the drive with a new > > (almost identical) > one: > > after plugging in the drive: > > # atacontrol status ar0 > ar0: ATA RAID1 subdisks: ad4 status: DEGRADED > > ok, that's normal > > # atacontrol list > ATA channel 0: > Master: no device present > > Slave: no device present > ATA channel 1: > Master: no device present > Slave: no device present > ATA channel 2: > Master: ad4 <Maxtor 6L160M0/BANC1E00> Serial ATA v1.0 > Slave: no device present > > ATA channel 3: > Master: ad6 <Maxtor 6L160M0/BANC1E50> Serial ATA v1.0 > Slave: no device present > > Nice, so the drive is properly connected. > > # atacontrol addspare ar0 ad6 > atacontrol: ioctl(ATARAIDADDSPARE): Device not configured > > > damn :( > > I read here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-October/ > > 041896.html > that i should try # atacontrol addspare 0 ad6 but the result is identical > :( > > I also tried attaching and detaching ad6, overwriting the first blocks of > the drive with zero's, without success. > > > any ideas? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006 > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"