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#288653 - 23/10/2006 20:39 SATA card help
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	I just bought an SATA RAID card, but I don't want a RAID. I just want single drives, and my mobo only has two ports. So I just want the expansion. Can anyone tell if this is possible with the card I bought? Newegg The manual is here I spent all last night attempting to configure it correctly, but it will only let me make arrays, and only two of them at that. It looks like it will allow for single drive operation, but it doesn't say how. I'd greatly appreciate any help. _________________________ Matt
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#288654 - 23/10/2006 21:06 Re: SATA card help [Re: Dignan]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Quote: I just bought an SATA RAID card, but I don't want a RAID. I just want single drives, and my mobo only has two ports. So I just want the expansion. Can anyone tell if this is possible with the card I bought? It should work just fine as a normal drive controller with Linux. Cheers
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#288655 - 23/10/2006 23:10 Re: SATA card help [Re: mlord]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	Well I figured it should work fine with Windows, too. But it seems to insist on creating arrays, starting at the card's BIOS. I can't seem to tell it to just see all the drives independantly. Even if I can't get it to work "properly", I may keep it. It's $40 for a 5-port RAID card (after rebate), and I might use it on a MythTV box I'd like to build sometime. _________________________ Matt
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#288656 - 24/10/2006 00:37 Re: SATA card help [Re: Dignan]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Have you tried letting it create an array of one? The first review from the NewEgg link says: Quote: Other Thoughts: VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION: After you create your array, any time you restart your PC, you have to re-initialize it through the windows based application. double click icon in task bar, select top drive, hold shift and down arrow until all disks highlighted, then create, apply changes. If you have to highlight the drives to create your array, maybe just highlight one drive at a time? /totally inexperienced with RAID cards Edited by Robotic (24/10/2006 00:43) _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#288657 - 24/10/2006 01:00 Re: SATA card help [Re: Robotic]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	Thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to work. I didn't see that either, and it sounds kind of crummy if you're actually running an array (I'm beginning to have doubts about this card). One thing I thought might work is if I created a not-really-RAID 0 for each drive, so that each drive would have an array. The card only allowed me to create an array for two drives. Apparently two arrays is the maximum. _________________________ Matt
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#288658 - 24/10/2006 19:49 Re: SATA card help [Re: Dignan]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	Does anyone have any suggestions? I think that for the time being, I might just send this thing back. _________________________ Matt
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