[wellylug] Hardware raid and Debian

[Rob Stockley]

Rob Stockley wrote:

> Rob Stockley wrote:
>
>> I have an Adaptec PM2654U2 raid card running a four disk raid-5 
>> array. The array was created using the card's BIOS utility and is 
>> accessed under Debian Woody through the standard dpt_i2c kernel module.
>>
>> Does anyone know of any Linux tools for accessing this card in a 
>> running system? The card has a warning tone on it that sometimes goes 
>> off. There must be something that allows access to the card to 
>> silence the tone without restarting the array.
>
>
> BTW I know the tone should indicate something wrong but the array 
> continues to work even while the tone is going. Will programs written 
> for SCO Unix work under Linux?

Okay just ignore me for a bit. There is a failed disk and of course the 
array would continue to work. Any pointers on how to troubleshoot SCSI 
disk failures? Are they just like an IDE drive where you can mark bad 
sectors? Does this preclude using the disk in an array?

Look out, SCSI newbie in town :)

Rob


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