NASLite Network Attached Storage

Hi

I have just added an INtel SRCS16 controller to my machine with 4 x 320Gb drives installed. I have created the raid 5 set and initialised the drives. Naslite recognises the logical drive and I have formated it, when the system completed formating it has the message. drive format complete, drive will appear at next reboot. I rebooted the system but no drive appeared. I get the message "not mounted" as listed below


[ Naslite ] - Administration Utility - NASLite-2 USB v2.01 07-2006


DISK-0 CONFIGURATION MENU

Disk Model: MegaRAID LD 0 RAID5 915G, v.713N
Interface: SCSI, HOST-1, BUS-0, TARGET-0, LUN-0
Status: NOT MOUNTED

1 - Export Disk-0 [ -- ] (RW, RO, --)
2 - Set Disk-0 Capacity Alarm [ -- ] (75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 99, --)
* - Set Disk-0 S.M.A.R.T. [ -- ] (ON, --)

* - Run Disk-0 Extended S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test
5 - Check Disk-0 Filesystem
6 - Check and Repair Disk-0 Filesystem
7 - Apply Journal to Disk-0 Filesystem
8 - Format Disk-0

R - Return To Storage Configuration Menu


Select: >


My log is as follows:

System Message Log:

* Aug 18 11:39:55 syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2006.02.26-22:07+0000)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 daemon.info init: ^MStarting pid 1304, console /dev/null: '/sbin/klogd'
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2006.02.26-22:07+0000)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.32.NASLite (root@TZT) (gcc version 3.3.6) #2 Sat Jul 22 04:08:30 UTC 2006
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000017740000 (usable)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000017740000 - 0000000017750000 (ACPI data)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000017750000 - 0000000017800000 (ACPI NVS)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: 375MB LOWMEM available.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 96064
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 91968 pages.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 COMPAQ ) @ 0x000f7190
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 COMPAQ INTEL865 0x11000524 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x17740000
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v002 COMPAQ INTEL865 0x11000524 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x17740200
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: MADT (v001 COMPAQ INTEL865 0x11000524 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x17740300
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: OEMB (v001 COMPAQ OEMBIOS 0x11000524 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x17750040
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 COMPAQ INTEL865 0x00000117 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x00000000
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Detected 2200.399 MHz processor.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 4390.91 BogoMIPS
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Memory: 374404k/384256k available (2187k kernel code, 9464k reserved, 734k data, 536k init, 0k highmem)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 128K
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz stepping 09
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support. done.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Checking for popad bug. OK.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Transparent bridge - PCI device 8086:244e
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P4._PRT]
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 *7 10 11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Resource [GFAN] (on)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 7
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: 818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Fan [FN00] (on)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU2] (supports C1)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 5.7.6-k1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Intel Corporation.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.3.43-k1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: Copyright (c) 2004 Intel Corporation
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel:
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: e100: selftest OK.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: e100: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Connection
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: Hardware receive checksums enabled
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel:
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.30.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ICH5: chipset revision 2
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Jul 22 2006 04:09:13)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: megaraid: found 0x1000:0x1960:bus 1:slot 0:func 0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1:Found MegaRAID controller at 0xd800b000, IRQ:5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: megaraid: [713N:G401] detected 1 logical drives.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: megaraid: supports extended CDBs.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: megaraid: channel[0] is raid.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: scsi1 : LSI Logic MegaRAID 713N 254 commands 16 targs 4 chans 7 luns
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1: scanning scsi channel 0 for logical drives.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Vendor: MegaRAID Model: LD 0 RAID5 915G Rev: 713N
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1: scanning scsi channel 1 for logical drives.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1: scanning scsi channel 2 for logical drives.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1: scanning scsi channel 3 for logical drives.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: scsi1: scanning scsi channel 4 [P0] for physical devices.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.11 loaded.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sda: 1874995200 512-byte hdwr sectors (959998 MB)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Partition check:
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.7 to 64
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: PCI device 8086:24dd
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: irq 11, pci mem d800fc00
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: enabled 64bit PCI DMA
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 00:1d.7
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: 8 ports detected
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.0 to 64
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdc00, IRQ 10
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.1 to 64
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe000, IRQ 7
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.2 to 64
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe400, IRQ 5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.3 to 64
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe800, IRQ 10
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: .<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.3-2, assigned address 2
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: <6>scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Vendor: KINGSTON Model: USB DRIVE Rev: 1.12
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: .SCSI device sdb: 107263 512-byte hdwr sectors (55 MB)
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.debug kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1602k freed
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed
* Aug 18 11:39:55 user.err kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
* Aug 18 11:40:44 auth.info login[1597]: root login on `pts/0'


Any suggestions?

JohnB

See the post below yours for the answer to your question. Problem formating large array.

Tony and Ralph say it's fixed in NL2.02.

Mike

Mike,

I don't think Scoobs is affected by that issue. His array 4x320 should come to a logical drive of under 960Gb which by definition does not fall into the over 1TB category. Unless off course the limit is not 1TB but measured in kb.

Scoobs, are you getting any error when trying to format or does the format complete succesfully?

If you are getting an error then you could use the Slackware method to create the partition and the all will be well.

Also, are your licence and unlock codes entered?

Take a look at this:


Option 1 indicates the drive is parked and will not be mounted. Change that to RW or RO as necessary and reboot.

Hi Guys

My Naslite system is now up and running . Unfortunately I could not get the raid set formated using the Naslite software seems to be some sort of problem with large partitions not only stuff greater than 1Gb (mine is 879.0Gb according to Naslite)

To get the partition to be recognised , I booted up with my Ubuntu install disk, partitioned and formatted the raid set (recognised my Intel raid controller straight away) and then rebooted with Naslite. The formatted partition was recognised with no further changes required

JohnB

The actual failure threshold of the old partitioning bins is not known, so your partition size may well be outside the previous max. That portion of the management code has been reworked in v2.02 due out soon.