March 15, 200719 yr I've been waiting a week now for my 2nd UnRaid Key to be validated, I've gone ahead & built the 2nd UnRaid, this one a 100% Sata version. All has gone fine expect that the system only appears to see 1 of the 3 Sata HDD's I've currently installed. Under the Devices tab on the web page I only have listed:- /dev/hdb (hdb1) PATA:ST3500461AS That's it. I have 3 Sata drives in there in a 5 into 3 caddy, all SATA not PATA in positions 1,2 & 3. Any ideas what's up? Thanks, Mark.
March 15, 200719 yr Are you using the motherboard's SATA connections? If so, what motherboard are you using? I remember reading a post about a user having problems with SATA drives because the mobo chipset was too recent for unRAID. I'm hoping to start my 2nd unRAID build (a 100% SATA build) tonight. I went with the GigabyteGA-945GZM-S2 because it has the ICH7 Southbridge which is the latest supported in the 3.0 release. (I also chose this board because it has 4 onboard SATA ports + 3 PCI slots giving me room for 2 add-in cards AND a gb NIC in case the on board one goes bad).
March 15, 200719 yr Author Are you using the motherboard's SATA connections? If so, what motherboard are you using? Yes, I'm using the 4 Sata connectors on my Asus P5LD2 SE R2.0 Mobo. I bought this mobo by mistake, I intended to get the "VM" variant but bought the wrong one (well I bought 2 of them actually). I have a Promise 4CH Sata card on order that hasn't arrived yet, but I wanted that to add extra drives. I remember reading a post about a user having problems with SATA drives because the mobo chipset was too recent for unRAID. Will this cease to be a problem at some point due to the fact future versions will be based on a newer Kernel? I can just about get by on 4 Sata HDDs for a short while, but will need to use the ports soon. Bizarrely it'll be cheaper to replace the Mobo than buy an extra TX4 4CH Sata II card here. I'm hoping to start my 2nd unRAID build (a 100% SATA build) tonight. I went with the GigabyteGA-945GZM-S2 because it has the ICH7 Southbridge which is the latest supported in the 3.0 release. (I also chose this board because it has 4 onboard SATA ports + 3 PCI slots giving me room for 2 add-in cards AND a gb NIC in case the on board one goes bad). I have the bits for UnRaid 3 & 4 here too, but I was relying on the onboard Sata's. Is this also a problem with the VM variant? The guy who made his Ultimate UnRaid in this thread used that and the same Caddy I'm using and says it's UnRaid 3.0 compliant. I just checked and my Mobo also uses the Intel ICH7 Southbridge. Good luck with your 2nd UnRaid, post how you get on! Do you have your 2nd Key Validated yet? Thanks, Mark.
March 15, 200719 yr Will this cease to be a problem at some point due to the fact future versions will be based on a newer Kernel? I can just about get by on 4 Sata HDDs for a short while, but will need to use the ports soon. Bizarrely it'll be cheaper to replace the Mobo than buy an extra TX4 4CH Sata II card here. I hope so. That was the promise. I had originally bought a P5PE-VM, but when saw that it only had two SATA ports and when I saw the price of a TX4, I decided to upgrade motherboards instead of buying an add-in card! I have the bits for UnRaid 3 & 4 here too, but I was relying on the onboard Sata's. Is this also a problem with the VM variant? The guy who made his Ultimate UnRaid in this thread used that and the same Caddy I'm using and says it's UnRaid 3.0 compliant. I just checked and my Mobo also uses the Intel ICH7 Southbridge. Good luck with your 2nd UnRaid, post how you get on! Do you have your 2nd Key Validated yet? Unfortunately, I don't know know enough to know exactly what the problem is. I'm hoping it's not the ICH7. Could it be a motherboard BIOS setting? I recently tried to boot a Dell using Knoppix CD, and it originally couldn't see the SATA boot drive. Changing some SATA option in the BIOS allowed the drive to be seen under Knoppix. I went ahead and got both keys validated at the same time. When I bought my flash drives, the price of shipping (because I had to have it overnight!) made it worth it to get two at the same time.
March 15, 200719 yr Author Could it be a motherboard BIOS setting? I recently tried to boot a Dell using Knoppix CD, and it originally couldn't see the SATA boot drive. Changing some SATA option in the BIOS allowed the drive to be seen under Knoppix. I reckon it is BIOS setting related, though I've tried many different variantions I still haven't got there yet. It's down to some wierd "Sata as PATA" setting I reckon, though. The only Sata setting of any note I can see is "Configure SATA as:- [standard IDE]" But there's no other option, you can't change it, I'm trying to work out how to update the BIOS to see if that helps. Mark.
March 16, 200719 yr Well, when I decided to change mobos, I forgot to look at the new memory requirment. I'm sitting here with a fully-built machine with empty memory slots! Good thing that a Tiger Direct retail store is within driving distance. More updates tomorrow (probably in the H/W forum).
March 16, 200719 yr Author Well my 2 expensive Promise TX4 4channel SataII cards arrived today...and I have the same problem as I did with the onboard SATA. Only one of the three 500gb SataII HDDs I have installed is visible, even when they are all attached to the Promise controller. I've finally managed to update my Mobo BIOS to the latest version (0802) but this hasn't helped. Has anyone had any success with SataII HDDs on UnRaid? I don't know what to do now. I am still waiting from Tom to email the key validation for my 2nd UnRaid so I can't test it properly but this is really getting me down now. I know the new version is imminent, I'm hoping that's why Tom's not been answering my request for the 2nd key validation, but I'm currently stuck here with 2 unfinished UnRaids (1 Stacker Tower & 1 CM Centurion5) both with Mobos & Promise Controller Cards that don't appear to work with SataII under UnRaid. Anyone got any suggestions? Tom? Can I have the 2nd Key validation please? Thanks, Mark.
March 17, 200719 yr <<Is this our own private thread>> I'm not sure what the problem is for you. My update is this. After running out to get DDR2 RAM today, I completed my build. It wouldn't boot at first, but after doing all the flash drive tricks (HP utility), I got the free version to boot on a spare flash. I'm able to see all three of my drives. All are Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB 3.0Gb/s drives. All are connected directly to the mobo. No BIOS changes other than setting the flash to boot. I've now gotten the Pro flash to boot, and I'm formatting the drives. I don't think your problem is Basic/Pro related. I just looked up your mobo on Newegg and it states that it is ICH7R. Mine is just ICH7. I don't know if the "R" makes a difference. Also, I'm assuming that you can see all the drives when you're in the BIOS.
March 17, 200719 yr All my drives are seen...but the speed is slooooowwwww. Parity is syncing at about 1100 KB/sec on the new 3-drive SATA II rig versus over 14,000 KB/sec on the 12-drive PATA rig. This ain't good...
March 17, 200719 yr Suse User, Next time, I'll read your post more closely. MY SATAs are showing up as PATAs too! And I can't figure out what's killing my performance.
March 17, 200719 yr OK. Last post...my speed error was a BIOS issue. I have four choices for SATA (auto, combined, enhanced, non-combined). Enchanced has solved my issue. My drives now appear as SATA, and I'm seeing a parity check (3 disks) at 60-70K KB/s.
March 17, 200719 yr Author <<Is this our own private thread>> It seems that way, but problems discussed on the Forum hopefully help others in the future too Also, I'm assuming that you can see all the drives when you're in the BIOS. No, I can't see the Sata drives in the BIOS, the BIOS on this ASUS Mobo seems weird to me, the only option I have as far as Sata "mode" is " Thinking about this I went ahead this morning with the 2nd Mobo I ordered...... It is detecting the drives.... Problem.... Duff Mobo Thanks for the replies, it's still not 100% but not down to UnRaid compatibility. Don'tcha just love hardware? Mark.
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