3Ware SATA RAID 8000 - Supported on 5.3-R?

Franco Bruno Borghesi fborghesi at gmail.com
Tue May 24 09:41:51 PDT 2005


Yes, but the default value is "NO".

If you still have problems, ask again.

2005/5/24, Jonathan M. Slivko <freebsd-lists at slivko.org>:
> 
> OK, I added that. (it was actually already in /etc/defaults/rc.conf)
> -- Jonathan
> 
> Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> > If it fails it's because there are certain inconsistencies that need
> > user confirmation before they are corrected.
> >
> > You can add
> > fsck_y_enable="YES"
> > to your /etc/rc.conf so if default fsck fails, fsck -y is run. Check the
> > fsck man page before doing so.
> >
> > Anyway, I don't understand why fsck is run on every reboot. If you just
> > try a "reboot" or a "shutdown -r now" command in your console, will fsck
> > run next time the system boots? It should'n happen. I don't understand
> > why your file systems get uncleanly umounted.
> >
> > About freebsd 5.3, I've been using 3ware 7500-4LP (in raid 5) for the
> > last 3 months, and I have not had such (nor any other) problems with twe
> > driver.
> >
> > Hope it helps.
> >
> > 2005/5/24, Jonathan M. Slivko <freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>>:
> >
> > Whether I run fsck manually or if I run it automagically at boot via rc
> > (which happens every reboot), it fails. As I'm not at console, I can't
> > tell whether the same things happen if the box is physically taken
> > down.
> > and fsck'd in single user mode. The better part of the question is,
> > could this be the RAID card throwing out false errors due to not having
> > complete support for 5.3-R?, as it says that it only supports the 4.x
> > series.
> >
> > -- Jonathan
> >
> > Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> > > Your fstab is OK.
> > >
> > > I don't exactly understand the problem. When you boot fsck will run
> > > automatically if the system did not correctly shut down. This is
> > done
> > > *before* disks are mounted rw, so there's no way you will see the
> > "(NO
> > > WRITE)" message.
> > >
> > > If system was not correctly shut down, fsck will run, and it
> > *will* (and
> > > should) slow down system boot process.
> > >
> > > So, is it the problem that fsck is running *every* time you boot?
> > Or is
> > > it that you get this "(NO WRITE)" message when you run it manually?
> > >
> > >
> > > 2005/5/24, Jonathan M. Slivko < freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>
> > > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>>>:
> > >
> > > root at bonjour(~)% cat /etc/fstab
> > > #
> > Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump
> > > Pass#
> > > /dev/twed0s1b
> > > none swap sw 0 0
> > > /dev/twed0s1a / ufs
> > > rw 1 1
> > > /dev/twed0s1g /home ufs
> > rw,userquota,groupquota
> > > 2 2
> > > /dev/twed0s1d /tmp ufs
> > > rw 2 2
> > > /dev/twed0s1e /usr ufs
> > > rw 2 2
> > > /dev/twed0s1f /var ufs
> > > rw 2 2
> > > /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto
> > > 0 0
> > > none /proc
> > > procfs rw 0 0
> > > root at bonjour(~)%
> > >
> > >
> > > Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> > > > Could you post your /etc/fstab?
> > > >
> > > > 2005/5/24, Jonathan M. Slivko < freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>
> > > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>> >:
> > > >
> > > >>Yes, this is actually the autoboot fsck thats breaking,
> > the one
> > > that is
> > > >>called from /etc/rc (via /etc/rc.d/). I can physically
> > take the
> > > box down
> > > >>and do an offline fsck of it and that works fine, it's
> > just when
> > > it's in
> > > >>multi-user mode thats the problem.
> > > >>
> > > >>-- Jonathan
> > > >>
> > > >>Franco Bruno Borghesi wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>For fsck to work (to actually correct any problems you
> > may have),
> > > >>>partitions should be umounted first. Are you sure you
> > have umounted
> > > >>>/dev/twedXXXX before running fsck?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>2005/5/24, Jonathan M. Slivko < freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>
> > > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>>
> > > >>><mailto: freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>
> > > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org
> > <mailto:freebsd-lists at slivko.org>>>>:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Hello,
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I have an interesting question, I have a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
> > (No HT
> > > >>>Enabled),
> > > >>>2x80GB SATA Hard Drives in RAID 1. The box boots, works, etc.
> > > However,
> > > >>>whenever you try and do an fsck -y, it says:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>root at bonjour (~)% fsck -y
> > > >>>** /dev/twed0s1a (NO WRITE)
> > > >>>** Last Mounted on /
> > > >>>** Root file system
> > > >>>** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> > > >>>** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> > > >>>** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> > > >>>** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> > > >>>** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> > > >>>2821 files, 31805 used, 474682 free (322 frags, 59295
> > blocks, 0.1%
> > > >>>fragmentation)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>** /dev/twed0s1g (NO WRITE)
> > > >>>** Last Mounted on /home
> > > >>>** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> > > >>>** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> > > >>>** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> > > >>>** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> > > >>>** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> > > >>>82057 files, 557735 used, 12912399 free (2343 frags, 1613757
> > > blocks,
> > > >>>0.0%
> > > >>>fragmentation)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>** /dev/twed0s1d (NO WRITE)
> > > >>>** Last Mounted on /tmp
> > > >>>** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> > > >>>** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> > > >>>** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> > > >>>** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> > > >>>** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> > > >>>30 files, 1787 used, 504700 free (20 frags, 63085 blocks,
> > 0.0%
> > > >>>fragmentation)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>** /dev/twed0s1e (NO WRITE)
> > > >>>** Last Mounted on /usr
> > > >>>** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> > > >>>** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> > > >>>** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> > > >>>** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> > > >>>** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> > > >>>251160 files, 1318908 used, 13912410 free (73346 frags,
> > 1729883
> > > blocks,
> > > >>>0.5% fragmentation)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>** /dev/twed0s1f (NO WRITE)
> > > >>>** Last Mounted on /var
> > > >>>** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
> > > >>>** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
> > > >>>** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
> > > >>>** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
> > > >>>** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
> > > >>>4424 files, 63321 used, 7042830 free (2462 frags, 880046
> > blocks,
> > > 0.0%
> > > >>>fragmentation)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>The drives are Seagate SATA's (7200RPM) with a 3Ware SATA
> > RAID
> > > >>>Controller
> > > >>>(8006-2LP) using the twe kernel driver. The drives themselves
> > > allow data
> > > >>>to be read to/written from them, but fsck will not work
> > (and is
> > > hanging
> > > >>>things on boot).
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Anyone got any ideas? I looked at www.3ware.com<http://www.3ware.com>
> > <http://www.3ware.com>
> > > < http://www.3ware.com> <http://www.3ware.com>
> > > >>><http://www.3ware.com> earlier and it says that
> > > >>>the 8006-2LP's support FreeBSD 4.x , but not 5.x - could
> > this be
> > > a result
> > > >>>of that, seeing as otherwise the drives/RAID work fine
> > (AFAIK,
> > > it could
> > > >>>not be and I'm just not sure how to test it).
> > > >>>
> > > >>>TIA,
> > > >>>-- Jonathan
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