NASLite Network Attached Storage

I just tested adding another IDE drive to the Promise FT100 controller on a Tyan S2515.

It does in fact work, however, I did initially have problems seeing drives and had to change ide cables.

All my drives mounted and are seen now.

** NOTE ** I only have 2 IDE drives, one on the secondary channel and one on the FT100 controller, this may or maynot work with 8 drives. I do not have 6 more spare drives to test this.

Ralph,

Both the ABIT boards (VP6 and KT7A) uses the HPT370 RAID controller. Could it be that there is a problem with this controler since the Promise FT100 is working?

Hm,

Looking at the kernel message again:



There seems to be a shared IRQ problem. If it is, there is no way for NASLiite to effectively access the disks. We're going to take a closser look at it.

Ralph/Tony,

Here is my log. The hde: Maxtor 91728D8, ATA DISK drive is the one not mounting.

I will not be home till Friday(14th). Hope you will have some good news for us then.

Thanks.
Hermie.


* Jul 11 18:14:27 syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2006.02.26-22:07+0000)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 daemon.info init: ^MStarting pid 2492, console /dev/null: '/sbin/klogd'
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2006.02.26-22:07+0000)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.31.NASLite (root@TZT) (gcc version 3.3.6) #1 Sat Jul 8 04:34:40 UTC 2006
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.notice kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 131056
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 126960 pages.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 VIA694 ) @ 0x000f7050
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3000
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3040
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: MADT (v001 VIA694 0x00000000 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff5640
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 rw
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Detected 732.133 MHz processor.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 1461.45 BogoMIPS
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Memory: 512888k/524224k available (2169k kernel code, 10948k reserved, 727k data, 536k init, 0k highmem)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 256K
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.notice kernel: CPU serial number disabled.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: CPU: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 03
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support. done.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Checking for popad bug. OK.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb370, last bus=1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: PCI: Via IRQ fixup
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 5
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU] (supports C1)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 5.7.6-k1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Intel Corporation.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.30.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 1.2 loaded
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: eth0: Identified chip type is 'RTL8169s/8110s'.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: eth0: RTL8169 at 0xe0806000, 00:0f:b5:44:42:31, IRQ 11
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: eth0: Auto-negotiation Enabled.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: eth0: 1000Mbps Full-duplex operation.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:07.1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: HPT370: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0e.0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: HPT370: chipset revision 3
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: HPT370: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: HPT37X: using 50MHz internal PLL
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: ide3: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hda: Maxtor 6Y160P0, ATA DISK drive
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdb: ST3200822A, ATA DISK drive
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: blk: queue c0484c00, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: blk: queue c0484d3c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdc: SAMSUNG HD300LD, ATA DISK drive
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdd: Maxtor 6Y160P0, ATA DISK drive
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: blk: queue c0485054, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: blk: queue c0485190, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hde: Maxtor 91728D8, ATA DISK drive
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: blk: queue c04854a8, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: ide2 at 0xd000-0xd007,0xd402 on irq 11
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hda: 320173056 sectors (163929 MB) w/7936KiB Cache, CHS=19929/255/63, UDMA(100)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdb: host protected area => 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hdb: 390721968 sectors (200050 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63, UDMA(100)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdc: attached ide-disk driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdc: host protected area => 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hdc: 586072368 sectors (300069 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=36481/255/63, UDMA(100)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdd: attached ide-disk driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hdd: host protected area => 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hdd: 320173056 sectors (163929 MB) w/7936KiB Cache, CHS=19929/255/63, UDMA(100)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hde: attached ide-disk driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: hde: host protected area => 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hde: 33750864 sectors (17280 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=33483/16/63, (U)DMA
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Partition check:
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0: p1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Jul 8 2006 04:48:23)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.8.2 (Release Date: Mon Jul 26 12:15:51 EDT 2004)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.10 loaded.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xc400, IRQ 5
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xc800, IRQ 5
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: igned bus number 2
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: .<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 2
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: .<6>scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Micro Rev: 0.1
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: SCSI device sda: 501759 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.debug kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1602k freed
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,1)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,65)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide1(22,1)
* Jul 11 18:14:27 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide1(22,65)

OK, Can you see that disk in the admin menu? Probably Disk-5 with Disk-6 as your USB boot device from what i can tell...

Tony,

In all the menus on the Server it shows up as Disk-4. Disk-5 is the USB boot device. The disks carried over from V1.5 is Disk-0/1/2/3 on the standard IDE channels, and I have no problem accessing them.

Hermie.

When I used my spare HD's they where seen by naslite i could perform fomat, disk check the drive was listed in the storage menu but status remained unmounted even though it said after a reboot it will be available.
this was tested with two HD's the hd's with the data 3 of them i should have just been able to slot in and mount but these where the same, these i was more careful with and kept away from the format options.

in the bios i had everything off. all the irq's com etc. even moving the network card around and booting without the gfx card.

its a shame i was nealry there. and if i could have done it, i would have had 4 ide channels and space for 16 lol hd's

i was enjoying trying to get it to work until i gave up and my HDs would not mount at all. Thankfully i pulled the disks put them in a thrid pc boot knoppix and ran the same program naslite has e2fck and that allowed me to fix the drive. if i tried this in naslite i was told the disk is unmounted.

In the admin menu, take a look at the drives config. Go to "Storage Configuration- Option 3), then pick the drive by number. In the Disk-# configuration menu, make sure the "Export Disk-# - Option 1) is set to RW and not to --.

Save settings on exit and reboot.

that was one of the first things i done, even made another naslite usb incase there was something wrong with the saved config. trust me i tried all manner of settings, smart on smart off RW, RO I am not one to give up easy and i like a challange, and i looked for all the obvious stuff jumpers cables. if nas couldnt see the hd then i would have looked elsewhere but it could. I finally given up now and learnt a lesson if it aint broke dont fix it. LOL But i will be back. when i got time i will load knoppix of something and see if it sees the drives.

Plus Herkaun is using the same High Point HPT370 IDE Controller, going by the posted compatibilty info its listed as working hence the reason i tried.

I am back after my short trip out of town.

I added an UltraATA 133 PCI card (SIIG, Inc. bought at CompUSA 2 years ago), and plugged the drive into it. Started, format the drive, set all the options, save the config and rebooted. Drive mounted correctly and I had no other problems with it.

I powered down, and moved the drive to the onboard HighPoint IDE Raid controler, and the problems started again. The drive did not mount. It seems to me that there is a problem with how the High Point HPT370 IDE controles is handled.

Any suggestions Tony/Ralph?

Any news on this issue?

I believe this is related to the Highpoint HPT370 controler.
http://www.serverelements.com/phpBB2/vi ... e2da1a99bd

I started trying to migrate from my P166(!) to a Duron 800 KT7A-Raid board hoping to use the onboard raid controller to add some drives.

I'm having the same problem - put a disk that worked on the old box on the HPT contorler and it is recognized but will not mount. running fsck from admin menu reports errors.

* Anyone figure out how to get this to work?
* Might changing the Mode in the HPT menu help (maybe a PIO mode...?
* Is there any plan to add this in a future update?

Thanks,

Dan

I got mine to run fine in the end, When V2 first come out it was quite sensitive when you added new hardware so what I didntt realise was the unlock became enabled and hence the drives would not mount.

Things to take a look at are the unlock feature, and you have the Drives set as RW in the storage section.

This drive was working just fine on old V2 system.

When I run File system check from the admin utility I get:
"Group descriptors look bad... trying backup blocks..."

Then a bunch of lines like this:
"Free blocks count wrong for group #XXX (32254, counted=0).
Fix? no"

and ultimately:
"*** Warning: Filesystem still has errors ***"

So, controller issue or drive issue? I guess I'll through in a couple of small old drives and see what happens.

Thanks,
Dan

OK, guess it was the drive.

Put another drive w/ ext3 fs in, and NASlite saw it and mounted it right off.

Put the drive back in and still would not mount. fsck'd it 2 times through the NASlite util panel, but still would not mount. Reformatted drive using NASlite and now it mounts and seems to be working OK.

Thanks for the help.

-Dan