[Leaplist] RAID woes.

[ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net]

Hi Guys.

I'm having some issues setting up a software RAID on a Debian Etch box:

Hardware:
SUN FIRE V40z
Phoenix ServerBIOS 3 Release 6.0
Production RELEASE: System BIOS Revision = V2.34.4.2
SP Interface (PRS) Revision = 12
2 x AMD Opteron 850
5 x 300GB SCSI
LSI Logic Corp. MPT IME BIOS
MPTBIOS-IME-5.10.02.04

HBA ID LUN VENDOR   PRODUCT              REV  SYNC  WIDE   CAPACITY
--- -- --- -------- ---------------- -------- ----- ---- ------------
 0   0  0  FUJITSU  MAW3300NCSUN300G     1703 320.0  16    300019 MB
 0   1  0  SEAGATE  ST330000LSUN300G     045A 320.0  16    300019 MB
 0   2  0  SEAGATE  ST330000LSUN300G     045A 320.0  16    300019 MB
 0   3  0  FUJITSU  MAW3300NCSUN300G     1703 320.0  16    300019 MB
 0   4  0  SEAGATE  ST330000LSUN300G     045A 320.0  16    300019 MB
 0   6  0  SDR      GEM318P              1
 0   7  0  LSILogic LSI1030[    402]  1032920 320.0  16

No RAID is configured in the LSI BIOS.

I'm doing a netinstall, tftp booting from a Debian amd64 image.  The
install is being performed remotely via the Service Processor, serial
redirected.

The install goes fine until I get to the part where I partition the disks.

Note the following screenshot:

SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 300.0 GB FUJITSU MAW3300NCSUN300G
>         300.0 GB     FREE SPACE
SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sdb) - 300.0 GB SEAGATE ST330000LSUN300G
>         300.0 GB     FREE SPACE
SCSI1 (0,2,0) (sdc) - 300.0 GB SEAGATE ST330000LSUN300G
>         pri/log  300.0 GB     FREE SPACE
SCSI1 (0,3,0) (sdd) - 300.0 GB FUJITSU MAW3300NCSUN300G
>         300.0 GB     FREE SPACE
SCSI1 (0,4,0) (sde) - 300.0 GB SEAGATE ST330000LSUN300G
>         pri/log  300.0 GB     FREE SPACE

Now, sda, sdb and sdd all show '300.0 GB FREE SPACE' whereas sdc and sde
show 'pri/log  300.0 GB FREE SPACE'.  This would normally be corrected by
selecting the drive and creating a new partition table.  I can do this on
sdc and sde, but if I try this on the other three drives it just kicks me
back to the above screen.

If I select sda, sdb or sdd to set up a RAID partition, it does not give
me the option.  However, sdc and sde do.

I've GTFW and not found anything.

Any pointers to fixing this?  I need this box running ASAP...

Regards,
Ozz.