[BlueOnyx:17880] Re: Fresh install 5208R, no RAID1

[Jeff Folk]

On Jun 21, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Tom wrote:
> 
> Where did the drives come from and what brand are they? I believe you said 
> the drives were a part of a RAID5 Array? If they were a part of a hardware 
> RAID5 Array, you may have to put them back in that server, or another 
> server with the same RAID controller, and remove the RAID5 configuration. I 
> ran into this issue when upgrading 4 PowerEdge servers and using the old 
> server's drives and splitting them up. Everything was configured with 
> PERC6i controllers in the old servers. The drives failed to configure in 
> the newer servers. I ended up putting them back in their original servers, 
> backing them up, and used the controller firmware to remove the RAID.
> Another way, if you don't need to save the data, is to get the drive 
> manufacturer's utility software or possible 3rd party software, and low 
> level format and reinitialize the drives back to factory settings. I have 
> done this many times, when I run across a stubborn drive that has been pre 
> configured and will not allow re-partitioning or formatting.
> Tom

Hi Tom,

They were software RAID on CentOS 6 (Actually a SME server install). Was a combination of RAID1 /boot group and RAID5 / on 3 1.5 TB drives, and lost one of the RAID1 members. All drives are WD15EARS drives.

I have no trouble partitioning, formatting or even installing BlueOnyx. The problem is that the installer won't configure the drives in RAID1, instead it combines the 2 drives together as one 3 TB install.

Jeff

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