Unable to mirror OS disk (0) using BIOS Integrated Mirror on SF X4200

# uname -a
SunOS blackfin 5.10 Generic_Patch_118844-30 i86pc i386 i86pc
(Four 73 GB SAS drives installed.)
(LSI BIOS/ILOM code has been upgraded to version 9306)
(Rebooting...)
Entering the LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility
Choosing 'RAID Properties'
Choosing 'Create IM Volume'
Selecting drive '0' ('+' in column 'RAID Disk')
Selecting 'M' to keep existing data
*"WARNING! There is currently not enough empty space at the end of *
*this disk to create an array. Using this disk in an array will *
*result in loss of ALL data on the disk. *
Creating an Integrated Mirror on disks 2 and 3 works fine but the BIOS also
insists on erasing the Primary (=source) disk, which is no major problem in
the case of a non-system disk.

In order to manage IM or IS, the LSI controller should have access to the last 65MB of the disk (a few cylinders). I bet the partition on your disk is allocating all the disk space, so the controller refuse to do the mirror. Backup/destroy partition/restore seems to be the only option.

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