[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

[John Drescher]

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