From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: berk walker Subject: Re: Problems with multiple Promise SATA150 TX4 cards Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:21:07 -0500 Message-ID: <43DA1E43.4010308@panix.com> References: <43D8DB09.2010005@dgreaves.com> <1138286670.28634.448.camel@linux> <200601270100.54436.mlaks@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200601270100.54436.mlaks@verizon.net> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mitchell Laks Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Mitchell Laks wrote: >Hi, >Thank you all for all of your work on this topic. > >1) I apologize for my email bouncing. I have no real choice in dsl service. >Perhaps I will consider cable to prevent my mail bouncing! :) > >2) I am able to hang 10 drives on 3 of the Promise SATA150 TX4 cards. So far >the construction of 5 raid1's and mkfs.ext3 is ok without kernel error. >All 10 drives are recognized by the promise BIOS (it shows drives 0-9) during >system turnon. I use two separate 450 W antec power supplies. > >If I put on 12 drives, 4 on each one, the promise bios does not let me go >further. It hangs. Says something about not able to recognize hardware >configuration or something. > >This may be a hardware limitation, or even a faulty channel or two or perhaps >one/two of the additional drives is not working. I dont know. I did notice >this "not booting behavior for TX4" with no adequate hints as to what is >going on earlier when i tried to hang a for a non funcioning sata drive on >the card that failed right after purchase". I tried 11 drives also and no >go. only 8 or less. > > >Thank you all and I will let you know what i discover.. > >mitchell laks >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > In the past, I've had boxes that couldn't handle all of the extra PCI requirements of the Promise boards. My newer stuff seemed OK. Email problem comment sent off-channel, pvt. b-