The current setup I got in the machine is using 2 SATA (200GB each) with the raid controller that is build into the motherboard (tyan S2885). I wanted to add additional space and I got a Areca 1120 which could hold another 8 sata drives. I only have a 5 bay enclosure so I went ahead and I orderd 5 (300GB) drives. I configure the controller to use Raid 5 with 4 drives and keep 1 as spare in case of a failure. The problem that is bothering me is that the OS works great with the RAID 1 configuration. When I boot into FBSD it all goes ok and I loging and everything , but when I try configuring the RAID 5 disk set using sysinstall> fdisk I get the disk geometry error right after selecting the disk set. I am not sure, but is there a way to find out the disk geometry that the controller bios is assuming is the correct one. If there is a way to find that information our, I can just use the "G" option in fdisk and input the correct disk geometry myself. What aproach is the best one to take in my case. Thank you. Lisandro
On 5/25/06, Lisandro Grullon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is interesting, this is what reca repply back to me. I think areca should add some sort of utility in the controller to find out the disk geometry information in the fly and stop blamming FBSD. Dear Sir, This is Kevin Wang from Areca Technology, Tech-Support Team. regarding your problem, it looks like a FreeBSD bug, here is a discussion i found in google : http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=429394 Best Regards, Kevin Wang Areca Technology Tech-support Division Tel : 886-2-87974060 Ext. 223 Fax : 886-2-87975970 Http://www.areca.com.tw <http://www.areca.com.tw/> Ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw <ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/> On 5/24/06, Lisandro Grullon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin and thanks for repplyng, sysinstall does not crach at all, the > problem is that the information is not retain by the label. I keep getting > that contact "Disk Geometry" error when I try fdisk into the volume/drive. > Any ideas what is happening. let me know what other information you may need > to assist me further. > > > On 5/24/06, Kevin Kinsey < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lisandro Grullon wrote: > > > Good Morning, > > > > > > Last night I was trying installing a new Areca controller 1120 8 > > ports > > > using a 5 bay (300GB seagate) drives Raid 5. The main OS is install > > using the > > > SATA controller in RAID 1 configuration of the mother board, the > > addition of > > > last night was a separate controller I install.The install when good > > and I > > > installed my modules in the kernel, now my problem is when I try to > > > partition the volume using fdisk/label with system install it is > > giving me > > > nasty disk geometry incorrect error, can anyone tell me what is this > > all > > > about? Thank you. > > > > We'd probably need some more information. Does sysinstall crash? > > Does the fdisk information get written to disk anyway? The label? > > > > KDK > > > > -- > > Zero Mostel: That's it baby! When you got it, flaunt it! Flaunt it! > > -- Mel Brooks, The Producers > > > > > > > -- > Lisandro Grullon > New York City College of Technology > Division of Continuing Education > Director of Network Operations > Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 > Lisandro E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at > once.". <Albert Einstein> > -- Lisandro Grullon New York City College of Technology Division of Continuing Education Director of Network Operations Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 Lisandro E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.". <Albert Einstein>
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