RAID Gone Wild - One Array Split Into Two

[Alex Kirk]

What branch is this patch supposed to apply against? I've tried  
7.0-RELEASE and 7.1-RELEASE, and judging by the dates involved, it's  
somewhere in between the two.

Or should I be asking this on the freebsd-hackers list, where that  
patch was originally posted?

Alex

> Alex,
>
> This is known problem with FreeBSD and ICH7..ICH8..ICH9 chipsets.  
> There is a patch for it:
>
> http://www.nabble.com/Vital-Patches-for-ataraid-with-Intel-Matrix-RAID-(ICH7)-td16179257.html
>
> I though didn't test the patch, and funny thing, I posted  earlier  
> today asking if anyone had tried out that patch.
>
> Hope this helps, keep me posted if you're able to bring it online.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tamouh
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alex Kirk
>> Sent: March 1, 2009 8:20 PM
>> To: Jamie
>> Cc: questions at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: RAID Gone Wild - One Array Split Into Two
>>
>> >> Does anyone have a clue how I can fix this, preferably while
>> >> retaining my data? I could wipe the box if necessary, but
>> I'd really
>> >> prefer not to, as that would be a huge pain in the butt.
>> >
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Alex Kirk
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >    I would begin by going into the raid BIOS at bootup to see what
>> > containers are now configured. If everything is hosed up in
>> there the
>> > OS isn't going to be able to fix anything.
>> >
>> >
>> >   - Jamie
>> >
>>
>> Sorry, should have already gone over this.
>>
>> The RAID BIOS is terrible - my options are "Create Array", "Delete
>> Array", "Reset Disk States", and "Exit". It shows only the
>> one array,
>> but all four disks show as Offline Member in red there. I'm just
>> concerned that if I reset the array or delete it, the state
>> table (or
>> whatever other magic is involved in making RAID work) will get hosed
>> up and the data will be unrecoverable.
>>
>> Alex
>>
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