S
Stan Hilliard
With XP-Pro: Whenever I perform an operation that requires Partition
Magic or True Image to reboot to run in DOS, the boot fails and I have
to go into BIOS and restore the proper hard disk boot priority before
the program can run.
I have three volumes. The (incorrect,changed) boot order that I have
to fix in BIOS is:
1 SCSI-1: ST3250823AS
2 SCSI-0: ST3250823AS
3 SCSI-2: 7Li_RAID
4 Bootable add-in cards
The volume with priority 3 is the only one with an active partition,
so I don't know why it is not first. What could be happening here?
To make XP boot correctly, I have to change the order back to:
1 SCSI-2: 7Li_RAID
2 SCSI-1: ST3250823AS
3 SCSI-0: ST3250823AS
4 Bootable add-in cards
The next time PM or TI tries to boot to DOS the order will revert back
again. When I boot with the Partition Magic recovery floppies while
the boot orders are wrong, the disk with (incorrect) boot priority 1
is called drive 1. PM must assign its disk numbers from the boot
order.
Here are some more facts: Referring to the correct (second) boot order
list:
Priority 1: both drives in the RAID 0 array are cabled to the
motherboard.
Priority 2 & 3: both are cabled to a PPA 1301 2-port SATA card.
Neither drive contains a primary partition, so I don't know why they
are on the list. I will later add another disk drive to (2), making it
a second RAID 0.
Priority 4: I don't know what the bootable card is but I would assume
it is the SATA card.
Magic or True Image to reboot to run in DOS, the boot fails and I have
to go into BIOS and restore the proper hard disk boot priority before
the program can run.
I have three volumes. The (incorrect,changed) boot order that I have
to fix in BIOS is:
1 SCSI-1: ST3250823AS
2 SCSI-0: ST3250823AS
3 SCSI-2: 7Li_RAID
4 Bootable add-in cards
The volume with priority 3 is the only one with an active partition,
so I don't know why it is not first. What could be happening here?
To make XP boot correctly, I have to change the order back to:
1 SCSI-2: 7Li_RAID
2 SCSI-1: ST3250823AS
3 SCSI-0: ST3250823AS
4 Bootable add-in cards
The next time PM or TI tries to boot to DOS the order will revert back
again. When I boot with the Partition Magic recovery floppies while
the boot orders are wrong, the disk with (incorrect) boot priority 1
is called drive 1. PM must assign its disk numbers from the boot
order.
Here are some more facts: Referring to the correct (second) boot order
list:
Priority 1: both drives in the RAID 0 array are cabled to the
motherboard.
Priority 2 & 3: both are cabled to a PPA 1301 2-port SATA card.
Neither drive contains a primary partition, so I don't know why they
are on the list. I will later add another disk drive to (2), making it
a second RAID 0.
Priority 4: I don't know what the bootable card is but I would assume
it is the SATA card.