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failed drive by channel number and Master/Slave designation (if 2 drives exist on the same cable). The
mirrored array has lost its fault tolerance, but will still perform normal drive reads and writes.
Operation aborted because FastBuild encountered an error as
follows:
Location: Channel 2 - Master Drive
Array Status: Critical
Please retry using FastCheck utility to recover all data. Reboot the
system by pressing the ENTER key.
Try powering the system off and on to reset the drive. Also confirm that cables are properly attached and the
drive is receiving power. If the drive still appears to have failed, proceed to “Rebuild Array” option of
FastCheck detailed on page
Drive cannot be formed into an array
Drives must support Ultra DMA or Multi-word DMA and be free of media defects to be added into an array.
Promise recommends using new identical drives for each array. Re-secure data and power cabling while
checking for proper alignment. Typically, Pin 1 of the drive is closest to the power connector.
Possible Master/Slave problems
Master/slave problems may exist between two ATA or IDE drives of different brands attached to a single
cable. For both compatibility and better performance, choose drives of the same model/brand and install
them on separate cables. Refer to the Drive Setup by Connector chart for more recommended drive
placements.
System CMOS displays C: or D: drive failure during Startup
Do not reference C: or D: in the Mainboard Standard CMOS for drives attached to the MBFastTrak133 Lite
controller. Only enter drive information in the Mainboard CMOS for drives attached to a conventional add-on
or onboard IDE controller.
FDISK reports a much lower drive capacity if a single physical drive or a striped array exceeds 64GB
Due to a limitation with FDISK, the utility reports only the storage capacity that exceeds 64GB. This is a
cosmetic, not actual, limitation. Simply create a single DOS drive partition, reboot, then format the partition.
The Format command will recognize the total capacity of the partition accurately. Windows NT/2000/98 will
now recognize the total capacity of your array.
Unable to partition or format array
The Reserve Sector of one of the drives has become corrupt or bad. Removing the Reserve Sector will
remedy any issue related directly to a Bad Reserve Sector.
WARNING: Before removing the Reserve Sector of the drive(s), backup any existing data.
Removal of the reserve sector of any drive permanently deletes all existing data on the hard
drive. For Mirrored arrays (RAID 1), you should remove the Reserve Sector from the "mirrored"
drive first (this will appear during Step 3 below) then rebuild the mirrored array. Remove the
Sector on the Master Drive only as a last resort. For Striped arrays (RAID 0), removing the Reserve Sector
from any of the drives that are striped will destroy the arrayed data.
To remove the Reserve Sector, follow these steps:
1.
When the MBFastTrak133 Lite BIOS comes up, press Crtl-F to enter the FastBuild
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2.
Press 2 to "View Drive Assignments".
3. Using the arrow keys, highlight the drive where you wish to remove the reserve sector.
4. Press ALT-F1. The highlighted drive will start blinking on the screen.
5. Press CTRL-TAB. A message will appear that says the reserved sector (which is where array
information is kept) on the disk will be wiped.
6. Press "Y" to confirm.
7. For a mirrored arrays, hit the “ESC” key twice to reboot and skip to step 10.