larachbeg Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Folks, i have x10 data disks, x1 parity, x1 cache in my existing setup. Now i’m adding a new 6tb data disk (same as parity). When i add the physical disk (power & sata) then reboot, at the ‘detecting’ line i get a very long pause and the statement “BIOS does not find proper hardware configuration”. Boot stops there. But if i remove the sata cable from the new disk & reboot, all is fine. Can anyone suggest why UnRaid cant handle my new disk ???? Richard Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I suspect this is a BIOS problem and nothing to do with unRaid. How are the disks connected? You may want to find a setting that stops them being treated as potentially ‘bootable’ as some BIOS’s get upset if they find too many - and I seem to remember 12 being the magic number that if you exceed can trigger this behaviour. Quote Link to comment
larachbeg Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 6 of the disks are straight into the motherboard. Two expansion cards each host another 4 disks. So theoretically i can host 14 disks. You gave me an idea. If there is indeed some limit on 12 disks, then what if i temporarily disconnect one of my existing disks, and then plug in my new disk ?? But that didnt work either - it threw the same BIOS error. So i unplugged my new disk, re-connected my other disk, and all is well. I realise its gonna be my BIOS not UnRaid, but i wondered if any of you guys had seen this before 🙂 I'm gonna go do some Googling around my MB/BIOS (Asus Z170-K). Quote Link to comment
larachbeg Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Looks like i have this resolved. I have upgraded my BIOS, and now am able to boot the server whilst my new disk is in place. Quote Link to comment
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