[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

Richard Shaw hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 22:05:41 UTC 2009


>>
>> Is the drive marked active in fdisk? Do you have the controller listed
>> in the boot section of your bios (sometimes this will be called
>> external card or try other interfaces...)?
>>
>> John
>
> No, my BIOS doesn't have anything for a controller card.  Only the Onboard
> SATA (enabled/disabled).  When you say fdisk, do you mean the old DOS fdisk?
>  Why would the onboard SATA not require that but the new card would?  Just
> curious.
>
> I don't see anything about the card, or any external card for that matter,
> in my BIOS.  When I boot off the LiveCD, like I said, I can see the card
> when I run lspci, and the system can see my drives properly as /dev/sda and
> /dev/sdb.
>
> Any ideas?
> Harry

I think what he meant was in the "Boot Priority" or "Boot Order"
screen. Is there an option for External SATA, External PCI, or
something to that effect?

Richard


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