[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

[Harry Devine]

John Drescher wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Harry Devine<lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>     
>>> Wow, not even a floppy option, or a network option?
>>> I assume you tried the removable option?
>>>
>>> I've heard tell of boot floppies that allow for booting from additional
>>> devices, usually to be able to boot a CD via a floppy (for old machines that
>>> won't boot a CD normally). You might search for "boot floppy" or something
>>> like that, it might be usable as a CD image as well as a floppy.
>>>
>>> But BIOS can't boot what BIOS can't see, so you have to change the BIOS or
>>> change what you are trying to boot to something it can see. The BIOS might
>>> be changed by DLing a BIOS driver from the SATA card, I think that's how my
>>> SuperMicro card works.
>>>
>>> There might be a "scan" option somewhere in your BIOS setup, or perhaps go
>>> to your mobo maker's site and do a search for SATA or SCSI or external boot.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Nope, not even a floppy or network option.  I updated the BIOS to the latest
>> one with no change.  When the machine starts up, I do get a menu from the
>> SATA card saying that no valid drives exist, and to press F4 to  run it's
>> RAID utility.  I can go in there, but the only thing I can do is setup both
>> drives to be a RAID setup, and that's not what I want.
>>
>>     
>
> See if there is a JBOD option. If you get the prompt this is a very good sign.
> John
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>   
Nope.  JBOD is no where to be found in the BIOS anywhere.  When I go 
under the "Advanced->Onboard Device Configuration->South OnChip PCI 
Device", I can set the Onboard SATA controller to Enabled/Disabled and 
the Onboard SATA Type can be "IDE Controller", "RAID Controller", or 
"AHCI Controller".  Mine is set to Enabled and IDE Controller.

Harry