RAID1 with Promise Fastrack TX2000

[Ash]

Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
> Ash wrote:
> 
>> Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
>>
>>> But all my attempts to get the RAID 1 to rebuild through atacontrol 
>>> failed. Used atacontrol rebuild 0
> 
> 
>> What was the procedure you used to try to rebuild the array? Also what 
>> was the output of the commands?
>>
>> Based on your e-mail, it sounds like you left out the following step:
>>
>>     atacontrol addspare ar0 ad#
>>
>> In context:
>>
>>     1*) atacontrol detach ad#
>>         2) <replace drive>
>>         3) atacontrol attach ad#
>>
>>     4) atacontrol addspare ar0 ad#
>>
>>     5) atacontrol rebuild ar0
>>
>>
>> [*] Please note that attach, detach, renit, etc. affect the ATA 
>> channel (i.e. BOTH the Master drive and Slave drive on that channel).
> 
> 
> Sounds about right. That was the forgotten step.
> I'll give it another try. :)
> 
> The unit is a 1U box with only 2 disks and 2 controllers.
> So the disks are each on a channel of the fasttrack conroller.
> The CD-rom is on the standard controller in {south,north}bridge.
> 
> Thanx,
> --WjW
> 


Oops.. I didn't reply-all in my original e-mail. Doing it now on 
Willem's offline response to my offline response. :)

-Ash