installing 5.4 on RAID1 using Promise TX2200

[Stefan Foulis]

I think I just cracked it!
After initially creating the mirror with the live filesystem from the  
installation cd, I used the expert install mode... there is an option  
to re-scan for devices there... then the ar0 device is present.

I'm installing now. hope it works.

- stefan

On Jul 22, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Stefan Foulis wrote:


> I just got an Promise TX2200 "RAID" Controller and 2x250GB SATA  
> Drives for my new webserver.
> As soon as I define a raid of some sort, the installation cd just  
> reboots the system. I think that happens at the stage where the  
> kernel should be loaded.
>
> I've used the TX2000 with IDE drives before. There I had similar  
> problems. I learned that the BIOS on the controller should not be  
> used to define the array.
> What I did back then:
>  - do not define the array with the Controller BIOS
>  - boot from the install cd, start the live-filesystem
>  - use atacontrol to define the array
>  - install freebsd to the new ar0 device (I'm not sure anymore if  
> that device just turned up or I had to reboot first)
>  - everything works fine
>
> This doesn't seem to work with the TX2200 anymore. I can define the  
> mirror from the live-filesystem, but the ar0 device does not turn  
> up. Once I try boot from the installation cd again, I end up in the  
> endless reboot cycle.
>
> The default FreeBSD kernel can handle the controller though. If  
> install freebsd on a seperate harddisk, there are no problems  
> utilizing the mirrored disks with atacontrol. The system boots  
> normally. I can format and mount the filesystem, recover from  
> removing one of the disks etc.
>
> Does the installation CD use a different kernel than a default system?
>
> I tried installing using /stand/systinstall (after booting the  
> other installation on the seperate hd). But I could not get it to  
> install correctly. It would just overwrite the existing  
> installation...
>
> Any pointers?
>
> - Stefan
>
>
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