From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Robinson Subject: Re: Raid 5 - not clean and then a failure. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:47:05 +0100 Message-ID: <4A93EB59.3060408@anonymous.org.uk> References: <264077.82481.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <264077.82481.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jon@eHardcastle.com Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 25/08/2009 09:40, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > --- On Tue, 25/8/09, Robin Hill wrote: >> On Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 12:54:49AM -0700, Jon Hardcastle wrote: >>> I have been having some problems with my arrays that I think i have >>> nailed down to a pci controller (well I say that - it is always the >>> drives connected to *a* controller but I have tried 2!) anyway the >>> latest saga is i was trying some new kernel options last night - which >>> didn't work. >> >> Did they have the same chipset? I had problems with PCI controllers on >> one of my systems, which turned out to be some sort of conflict between >> the onboard chipset and the chipset on the controllers. I found a PCI >> card with a different chipset and have had no issues since. > > They are/were cheapy little via ones That's your problem right there. Well, in my experience and therefore opinion, VIA stuff is all too often junk, or at least iffy enough never to be trusted with anything professional or important. [...] > I have a pci express controller but my kernel doesnt (yet!) support pci express. *How old* is your kernel? Cheers, John.