Boot problem with Promise SATA Fasttrack S150TX2 Plus

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2 total messages Started by Dennis Peere Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:15

#1712

Author: Dennis Peere
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:15

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Dear All,

I seem to have a boot problem with the Fasttrack S150TX2 Plus controller.
The manual clearly states that you need to create an array, only with one
disk connected to the controller.
When I create an array, I can't seem to boot from CDROM anymore.
When I try to boot from CDROM I get the following message :
Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key
When I disconnect the SATA cable from the disk, I can boot from CDROM
without any problem.

I've performed the following tests on an Intel SE440BX-2 (Seattle), Intel
AL440LX (Atlanta) & Aopen MX3S-T mainboard:
Boot from CD without Riser Card or Promise controller   => OK
Boot from CD          => OK
Boot from CD  + Promise controller     => OK
Boot from CD with SATA HD connected (No Array configured)   => OK
 Boot from CD works but HD is not accessible because there is no array
configured
Boot from CD with SATA HD connected (With Array configured)  => NOK
 When trying to access the CD it gives the following error
 => Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key
Boot from CD with normal IDE HD connected (No Array configured)  => OK
 Boot from CD works but HD is not accessible because there is no array
configured
Boot from CD with normal HD connected (With Array configured) => NOK
 When trying to access the CD it gives the following error
 => Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key

Can someone help me out please ?

Regards,

Dennis Peere

Re: Boot problem with Promise SATA Fasttrack S150TX2 Plus

#1713

Author: Wizard
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:54

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Put on the second SATA drive for the array then I'm sure it will work.

Dennis Peere wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I seem to have a boot problem with the Fasttrack S150TX2 Plus controller.
> The manual clearly states that you need to create an array, only with one
> disk connected to the controller.
> When I create an array, I can't seem to boot from CDROM anymore.
> When I try to boot from CDROM I get the following message :
> Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key
> When I disconnect the SATA cable from the disk, I can boot from CDROM
> without any problem.
> 
> I've performed the following tests on an Intel SE440BX-2 (Seattle), Intel
> AL440LX (Atlanta) & Aopen MX3S-T mainboard:
> Boot from CD without Riser Card or Promise controller   => OK
> Boot from CD          => OK
> Boot from CD  + Promise controller     => OK
> Boot from CD with SATA HD connected (No Array configured)   => OK
>  Boot from CD works but HD is not accessible because there is no array
> configured
> Boot from CD with SATA HD connected (With Array configured)  => NOK
>  When trying to access the CD it gives the following error
>  => Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key
> Boot from CD with normal IDE HD connected (No Array configured)  => OK
>  Boot from CD works but HD is not accessible because there is no array
> configured
> Boot from CD with normal HD connected (With Array configured) => NOK
>  When trying to access the CD it gives the following error
>  => Disk I/O error  Replace the disk, and press any key
> 
> Can someone help me out please ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dennis Peere

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