Re: OpenServer 5.0.6 hardware raud 73gb drives

From: Bela Lubkin (belal_at_sco.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: 23 Dec 2004 18:02:56 -0500

Alan Maul wrote:

> I'm building a new system to run my OpenServer 5.0.6. I have the following
> configuration
>
> Intel Server Board SE7520AF2 motherboard with LSI onboard SCSI Raid
> controller
> Single Intel Xeon processor
> Two Seagate 15000rpm ST318453LW 18gb disks as the Unix install drives.
> Hardware mirrored.
> Two Seagate 15000rpm ST373453LW 73gb disks as a mountable user drives.
> Hardware mirrored.
> I have installed the Intel RAID Activation key and added 512 mb memory for
> the SCSI Raid controller.
>
> My problem is that when I run mkdev hd to define the second hard disk for
> the 73 gig drives, they only show up as 4.4 gig drives. They seem to mount
> and run fine at the 4.4 gig size.
>
> My questions:
>
> Is there something special that I must do to get the full capacity of the
> drives?
> Am I exceeding some arbitrary drive size limit in OpenServer 5.0.6?
> Any suggestions?
>
> I have two of these servers to build and need to get this one configured and
> running before I order more hardware tha may not work. The second server
> will be a 5.0.5 operating system.

The problem you're having is a bug in the "lsil" HBA driver, versions
prior to 1.03.28. You can get 1.03.28 from either:

  ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/507/drivers/lsil_1.03.28/
  http://www.lsilogic.com/downloads/downloads.do?product=2424&download_type=driver

The bug causes it to present drives larger than 64GB as [size mod 64GB].

Installing the newer driver onto a system already running with the old
driver will cause previously the truncated drives to appear with a new
geometry. You will lose the filesystems on the drives. So your best
bet is to start over, using the new driver as your BTLD during initial
install.

>Bela<

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