August 25, 201015 yr First of all, this a great community. I have been enjoying my unRAID server based on the recommended budget build (http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hardware_Compatibility#Budget_Box ) After showing my brother in-law my unRAID server, he wanted me to try installing unRAID on a server he had lying around (he's tight on money at the moment). I was able to get unRAID 4.5.6 running on his server since his motherboard is supported (Asus P4P800-E Deluxe). unRAID recognizes the hard drives connected to the motherboard IDE controller as expected. Unfortunately, unRAID does not recognize the four hard drives connected to the 3ware 7506-4LP RAID controller below: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116019 Has anyone used this RAID controller with unRAID? I did a search of the forum and did not get much information at all. Thanks, CJ UPDATE: I have attached the syslog for debug syslog-2002-01-11.zip
August 31, 201015 yr Author Well, I updated the firmware on the 3ware 7506-4LP RAID controller. The BIOS for the RAID controller see the hard drive. The BIOS on the motherboard sees the controller. Unfortunately, unRaid does not see anything. :'( Since I have not gotten any responses from the forum and Tom, I will have to punt the card. I will have to find another alternative. CJ
September 1, 201015 yr Author Well, after opening up the server to remove the 3ware card, I found that the motherboard has four ide ports. Two of the IDE ports are RAID ports. I updated the motherboard BIOS so that I could add SATA drives later on. I was able to connect the drives that were connected to the 3ware card to those RAID IDE ports. Now, unRAID sees the drives!!! I am running Joe L. preclear script as I write. Now I have to figure out how I am going to add SATA drives to a server with 3 in 2 IDE hot swappable tray cages. CJ
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