integrated SATA RAID controller on Intel server board SE7520bd2

[Gayn Winters]

http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-jan-2005-mar-2005.html#Status-
Report-for-FreeBSD-ATA-driver-project  (Latest official status on mk3)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Mittelstaedt [mailto:tedm at toybox.placo.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:00 PM
> To: Gayn Winters; 'Olga Zenkova'; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: integrated SATA RAID controller on Intel server 
> board SE7520bd2
> 
> 
> 
> What and where are the mk3 patches?  Mystery Keyboard version 3?
> 
> Ted
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gayn Winters
> >Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 9:02 AM
> >To: 'Olga Zenkova'; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: RE: integrated SATA RAID controller on Intel server board
> >SE7520bd2
> >
> >
> >Olga,
> >
> >I'm afraid you are ALMOST out of luck.  The 7520 chipset contains the
> >ICH5R controller.  To support RAID1, the ata driver needs the mk3
> >patches, which are not in 5.4-RELEASE.  You can, as you suggest,
> >implement RAID1 in software.  There are several postings on 
> this topic.
> >You could also add a RAID controller card.  There are many 
> postings on
> >this as well, but if you want an all-Intel configuration, Intel's
> >website lists two compatible Intel RAID boards.
> >
> >-gayn
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Olga Zenkova
> >> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:25 PM
> >> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> Subject: integrated SATA RAID controller on Intel server
> >> board SE7520bd2
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >> I have Intel server board SE7520bd2 with integrated
> >> SATA RAID controller on it and two hard drives that
> >> are already configured as RAID 1 (mirror) via BIOS.
> >>
> >> When I trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 it doesn't see my
> >> RAID 1, but sees two individual disks. What can I do?
> >> Does it mean that FreeBSD 5.4 does not have the needed
> >> driver and all I can do is to configure software RAID?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Olga
> >>
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