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Re: [PLUG] Connecting SATA drives to a RocketRAID 1742 Controller
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- From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com>
- To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] Connecting SATA drives to a RocketRAID 1742 Controller
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:29:25 -0400
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On 10/7/07, Edward Heaney <edhe@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I had to replace my old computer. I am trying to reinstall a dual boot
> system on my computer. (Was XP and ETCH; but will now be Vista and ETCH). I
> have an ETCH system disk, and an encrypted back-up of my former Debian ETCH
> system that I want to use.
>
> My new COMPAQ computer has two SATA connections, coming from the Hard drive
> and the CDROM; which go to two ports on the Motherboard.
>
> I want to connect another SATA drive; and I bought a "Y" SATA connection to
> accommodate it.
I didn't know such a thing existed.
> I installed a SATA Controller: RocketRAID 1742 (2 Internal SATA and 2
> External eSATA. PCI SATA II RAID Controller).
>
> The Rocket... has four connections on it; two of one type; and two of
> another.
>
> I connected the drives' SATA connectors to their apparent ports on the
> Rocket...
>
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/rr1742.htm (COM3 and
> COM4)
>
> The Rocket... scanned for devices; but none were listed.
>
> When booting I got the error "DISK BOOT FAILURE"
>
> I returned the original drive's connector to the Motherboard; and
> disconnected the new drive from the Controller. Windows then booted with no
> problem.
>
> Am I connecting to the Rocket... wrong?
the BIOS of your motherboard probably doesn't recognize the add-on
SATA card as a bootable device.
(IIRC, this problem is one of the primary reasons why OpenFirmware was
invented; shame that never took off outside of Sun Microsystems and
Apple's PowerPC computers. I'm not sure if EFI addresses this or
not.)
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