In my BIOS, when I go into the Hard Disk Boot Priority Sub Menu, the only
thing I have listed is "bootable add-in cards", my HDD isn't listed, so that
means that it is not recognizing it, right? All I have is my DVD-ROM and my
SATA hard drive hooked up. I have 2 IDE slots, according to the mobo book,
the one on the left is IDE1 and the one on the right is IDE2. I have my
DVD-ROM connected to IDE2 and I have that set as MASTER. I tried switching
it to IDE1, but no matter which slot I connect it to, when I boot up, when
it lists the IDE devices, it say that it is on IDE 0 Master. I then have my
SATA HDD connected to the SATA 0 slot. There are 4 slots that go from top
to bottom. The top one is number 1, then it goes 0,2,3. The funny thing is
that during boot up, I have an option to press F10 and go into the RAID
setup utility and if I go in there, it recognizes my MAXTOR SATA drive, but
that is the only time that it lists it correctly. Since I only have one
HDD, I am not trying to setup RAID though.

Any ideas?

"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
> I then have my SATA HDD connected to the SATA 0 slot. There are 4 slots
> that go from top to bottom. The top one is number 1, then it goes 0,2,3. The
> funny thing is that during boot up, I have an option to press F10 and go into
> the RAID setup utility and if I go in there, it recognizes my MAXTOR SATA
> drive, but that is the only time that it lists it correctly. Since I only
> have one HDD, I am not trying to setup RAID though.
>
> Any ideas?

My Promise SATA RAID controller requires that a single HD be initialized as a
'RAID 0 stripe' of 1 HD.

Go into your RAID Setup again, and try to get it to auto-configure, or look
further into the docs on setting up a single HD.

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:55:19 -0800, "John R Weiss"
<jrweiss98155(at)@[NOSPAM].comcast(dot).net> wrote:

>"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>> I then have my SATA HDD connected to the SATA 0 slot. There are 4 slots
>> that go from top to bottom. The top one is number 1, then it goes 0,2,3. The
>> funny thing is that during boot up, I have an option to press F10 and go into
>> the RAID setup utility and if I go in there, it recognizes my MAXTOR SATA
>> drive, but that is the only time that it lists it correctly. Since I only
>> have one HDD, I am not trying to setup RAID though.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>My Promise SATA RAID controller requires that a single HD be initialized as a
>'RAID 0 stripe' of 1 HD.
>
>Go into your RAID Setup again, and try to get it to auto-configure, or look
>further into the docs on setting up a single HD.


It won't allow setting a single-drive span? If not it seems
like a good model to avoid... what model?

Did you check with the motherboard manufacturer and/or check out their
forums (if any)?

"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:_8WdnTCeaLQwPnPcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In my BIOS, when I go into the Hard Disk Boot Priority Sub Menu, the only
> thing I have listed is "bootable add-in cards", my HDD isn't listed, so
> that means that it is not recognizing it, right? All I have is my DVD-ROM
> and my SATA hard drive hooked up. I have 2 IDE slots, according to the
> mobo book, the one on the left is IDE1 and the one on the right is IDE2.
> I have my DVD-ROM connected to IDE2 and I have that set as MASTER. I
> tried switching it to IDE1, but no matter which slot I connect it to, when
> I boot up, when it lists the IDE devices, it say that it is on IDE 0
> Master. I then have my SATA HDD connected to the SATA 0 slot. There are
> 4 slots that go from top to bottom. The top one is number 1, then it goes
> 0,2,3. The funny thing is that during boot up, I have an option to press
> F10 and go into the RAID setup utility and if I go in there, it recognizes
> my MAXTOR SATA drive, but that is the only time that it lists it
> correctly. Since I only have one HDD, I am not trying to setup RAID
> though.
>
> Any ideas?
>

David Mills wrote:

> In my BIOS, when I go into the Hard Disk Boot Priority Sub Menu, the only
> thing I have listed is "bootable add-in cards", my HDD isn't listed, so that
> means that it is not recognizing it, right? All I have is my DVD-ROM and my
> SATA hard drive hooked up. I have 2 IDE slots, according to the mobo book,
> the one on the left is IDE1 and the one on the right is IDE2. I have my
> DVD-ROM connected to IDE2 and I have that set as MASTER. I tried switching
> it to IDE1, but no matter which slot I connect it to, when I boot up, when
> it lists the IDE devices, it say that it is on IDE 0 Master. I then have my
> SATA HDD connected to the SATA 0 slot. There are 4 slots that go from top
> to bottom. The top one is number 1, then it goes 0,2,3. The funny thing is
> that during boot up, I have an option to press F10 and go into the RAID
> setup utility and if I go in there, it recognizes my MAXTOR SATA drive, but
> that is the only time that it lists it correctly. Since I only have one
> HDD, I am not trying to setup RAID though.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
My ASUS MB requires me to select "SCSI" for the SATA drive.

"kony" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>>
>>My Promise SATA RAID controller requires that a single HD be initialized as a
>>'RAID 0 stripe' of 1 HD.
>
> It won't allow setting a single-drive span? If not it seems
> like a good model to avoid... what model?

For a single drive, it doesn't matter if the controller calls it a stripe or a
span or a spot! The issue is that the RAID controller is still at work with a
single HD, so the RAID drivers must be loaded via floppy at the F6 prompt when
installing Windoze.

Promise 20378

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:39:19 -0800, "John R Weiss"
<jrweiss98155(at)@[NOSPAM].comcast(dot).net> wrote:

>"kony" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote...
>>>
>>>My Promise SATA RAID controller requires that a single HD be initialized as a
>>>'RAID 0 stripe' of 1 HD.
>>
>> It won't allow setting a single-drive span? If not it seems
>> like a good model to avoid... what model?
>
>For a single drive, it doesn't matter if the controller calls it a stripe or a
>span or a spot! The issue is that the RAID controller is still at work with a
>single HD, so the RAID drivers must be loaded via floppy at the F6 prompt when
>installing Windoze.
>
>Promise 20378
>


It DOES matter what it calls it. It is logically set up
different on the drive. The difference is that a span is
transportable, a stripe is not. With a stripe you're stuck
using same/very-similar controller, unless this has changed
very recently. I do see your point though, about the
driver.