Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD 6.2

[Göran Nilsson]

This is a FreeBSD 32 bit system.

On Dec 14, 2007 5:46 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:

>
> Is this FreeBSD 64 or FreeBSD 32 bit?
>
> Ted
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Göran Nilsson
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:39 AM
> > To: Göran Nilsson; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Promise SuperTrak EX12350 don't get detected under FreeBSD
> > 6.2
> >
> >
> > I have come a bit further. It seems that if I create a 2TB drive
> > it all goes
> > good. But it doesn't seems to work when doing a large 5TB drive.
> > Is there some limitations on fdisk, and the size on partitions? Can't it
> > exceed 2TB? The machine is a ordinary Core 2 duo 6750 with 4GB of ram.
> >
> > /Regards Goran
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2007 5:39 PM, Göran Nilsson <goran.nilsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On the controller there it says that it supports freebsd 6.1. And yes
> > > there is documentation on how to install freebsd 6.1 on the raid.
> > > But for now i have installed freebsd on a RAID1 system, and i
> > have problem
> > > getting the card detcted, i run a 5TB RAID 6 on this card.
> > > Didn't thought that it could be that much differens between
> > version 6.1and
> > > 6.2. Gonna try to reinstall. After the reinstall i got the card up and
> > > running. I see it get detected and it all looks ok. I go in and
> > do a fdisk
> > > on the drive and label/mount it. I do all this in sysinstall.
> > > I can see that the drive is 4648GB so it all looks ok with the RAID 6
> > > Drive.
> > > When i later quit sysinstall and check the mounts i see that the drive
> > > space is 532GB and available space is 500GB. This looks totally
> > wrong. Is
> > > there any limitations that im not aware of?
> > >
> > > /Goran
> > >
> > >   On Dec 13, 2007 1:10 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:35:09PM +0100, Göran Nilsson wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have a problem getting my EX12350 Radicontroller to work under
> > > > FreeBSD 6.2.
> > > > > When i start the computer or rund a dmesg i can see that
> > > > > "mass storage raid ..no driver attached"
> > > > > For what i can see this card should be supported under FreeBSD 6.1
> ,
> > > > but
> > > > > could it be soo that the support is missing in 6.2? Any tips?
> > > > > Should i try to go for the 6.3 RC1. I really need this card up and
> > > > running,
> > > > > i run it as a RAID 6. I have tried this with just the
> > generic kernel,
> > > > > So the most should be in there?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ideas, is most appriciating, coz im kinda stuck.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What makes you think this card is supported by FreeBSD 6.1?
> > > >
> > > > As far as I can tell there is no driver for that card
> > included with any
> > > > FreeBSD release.  If it was supported the driver would have been
> > > > included in
> > > > GENERIC kernel, and if was supported in 6.1 it would have
> > been in 6.2also.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It is quite possible however that Promise provides their own FreeBSD
> > > > driver
> > > > for that card.  If that is the case you should ask Promise which
> > > > version(s)
> > > > of FreeBSD the driver supports and how to install it - or read their
> > > > documentation where such information can likely be found.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > <Insert your favourite quote here.>
> > > > Erik Trulsson
> > > > ertr1013 at student.uu.se
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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