Re: [SLE] Installing 3ware 7000-2 RAID card...need help

From: babu walad (vyav_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/12/03

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To: Jack Malone <jack@malone.tyler.com>, suse-linux-e@suse.com

    Hi,

    I have a 7000 card in my machine and it works just
    fine.

       - you MUST configure the array(s) BEFORE installing
         ANY os on the drives

       - once configured you will NOT be able to add extra
         drives since then you will need to re-configure
         your array(s) which essentially will destroy all
         data on your drives.

    If you just want to add a mirror or new array you can
    do so with no data loss.

    Babu

    --- Jack Malone <jack@malone.tyler.com> wrote:
    > At 10:12 PM 8/11/2003 -0700, Jim Norton wrote:
    >
    > > > > > I just installed a card earlier...the
    > 7000-2. I got an error during
    > > boot
    > > > > > saying cannot mount vfs as root.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > All I did was to hook up the drives to the
    > card and go. I have 2
    > > drives,
    > > > > > one I've used for about 1 week and the other
    > I just got today.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > Did you have to do array work with the card?
    > I just want to mirror my
    > > > > > older drive but can't figure out how to do
    > it.
    >
    > I started out with 2 new drives an did have to run
    > the array stuff from the
    > 3ware card . I'm not sure you can have an existing
    > drive an put a new one
    > in an have it mirror it, have no experience with
    > that at all. I just put
    > the 2 drives in an ran the array setup from the
    > 3ware bios setup on the
    > card an add both drives to the array an told it to
    > use raid 1 for mirror if
    > i remember right. then put suse dvd into dvd drive
    > an off went the install.
    > then had to put boot device as scsi device in
    > computer bios before it would
    > boot off of the 3ware card.
    >
    > jack
    >
    >
    >
    >
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