countrypaul
Technical User
I have a Compaq 6500 with a Smartarray 3200 controller which had 5 x 4.3GB disks configured as a raid 5 single array. The server runs Win2K.
One disk has failed so I have tried to replace it - three times, once with a 4.3 GB drive and twice with 9Gb drives.
As the machine boots it indicates press F1 to rebuild and F2 to skip the rebuild. Selecting F1 and rebuilding appears to work, after some time disk activity stops and the Array Config utility on the smartstart disk shows 5 drives in the array - all appears fine. However when I reboot, along with a message to the effect that the previous rebuild was aborted. The top green led of the disk being rebuilt never lights.
I cannot believe that all three drive have been faulty, as they do not show any fault light on at any point. Have I done something wrong?, have I missed something? Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem?
One disk has failed so I have tried to replace it - three times, once with a 4.3 GB drive and twice with 9Gb drives.
As the machine boots it indicates press F1 to rebuild and F2 to skip the rebuild. Selecting F1 and rebuilding appears to work, after some time disk activity stops and the Array Config utility on the smartstart disk shows 5 drives in the array - all appears fine. However when I reboot, along with a message to the effect that the previous rebuild was aborted. The top green led of the disk being rebuilt never lights.
I cannot believe that all three drive have been faulty, as they do not show any fault light on at any point. Have I done something wrong?, have I missed something? Any suggestions as to how to resolve the problem?