On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:20:37PM -0700, Hall, Eric R wrote: > >No idea, dmraid detects ddf1 metadata. Is there an option to choose the > >format? > Not in dmraid; it just reads the metadata on the disks. Unless you specify "-f ..." on the command line, hence prohibiting discovery of other metadata formats than the one(s) specified. > Something else > put the DDF metadata on the disks. Is there an Adaptec add-in card in > this system? The OROM puts the metadata on the disks and should be able > to reconfigure. > > I have no idea if you can migrate/switch metadata formats with out data > loss. I don't think it can be done but someone much wiser than I should > speak up if I am wrong. No, you can't. Heinz > > If you can risk loosing the array set, you could enable the S5000VSA's > onboard RAID support (assuming that there is not an add-in card being > used). > Buried in the BIOS of the S5000VSA is an option to enable RAID. Select > Advanced -> ATA Controller Configuration -> set On board SATA Controller > as Enabled -> set SATA Mode as Enhanced -> set Configure SATA as RAID as > Enabled. > This just enables the 'Intel RAID option ROM' which can then be used to > create an ISW RAID set. Then you can use the ISW segfault patch... > > >Yes, I noticed this. > >Thanks for the info. > Sorry I couldn't be any more help. Hopefully someone who knows more > will add to the thread. > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx PHONE +49 171 7803392 FAX +49 2626 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
