[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

[John Finlay]

Harry Devine 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
If you have a floppy it should show up in the Removable Devices. You may 
not have the LAN boot PROM enabled so you would not have a network option.
> 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.
According to a note on newegg the card firmware comes only allowing 
RAID. The poster claims that the chip manufacturer has a firmware update 
that allows non-RAID use but requires a Windows update utility. If you 
get this to work then the drives should show up as Hard Drives in the 
Boot Menu.

John