Re: still upgrading from 2.0 to 7.0

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:47:36PM +0100, Steve Blinkhorn wrote:
> 
> Kernelized RAIDframe activated
> ataraid0: found 1 RAID volume
> ld0 at ataraid0 vendtype 0 unit 0: Promise ATA SPAN array
> ld0: 76319 MB, 9729 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 156301425

You have one or more drives configured as a RAID 0 set in the host
BIOS or possibly a separate controller BIOS.  The thing to hope for
is that it's *not* the same underlying drive you're accessing as wd0...!

You didn't notice before because NetBSD 2 didn't have a device driver
for the Promise software RAID.

I would be very, very careful about this: if you turn it off, it is
possible the stupid Promise BIOS may render your disk inaccessible even
if you turn it back on.  Your best bet is probably a kernel or boot
settings which disable the "ataraid" driver.

Thor