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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky.
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:26:12
Message-Id: 58965d8a0903271226m22f4582dv8de820bc4cf409d6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky. by Harry Putnam
1 On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Boot partition is not involved here. Its on a a different (IDE) disk.
3 >
4 > Its not on a partition actually but in the MBR of Master drive on
5 > first IDE controller. The newly added disk is sata and is on a PCI
6 > sata controller (Adeptec 1205sa).
7
8 After re-reading your first post, my guess would be: your new drives
9 are SATA II but your Adapter controller does not support that,
10 according to http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sata_host/ASH-1205SA/
11
12 Most drives have a jumper to put them into 1.5gbps mode (rather than
13 3gbps mode). See if your new drives have one of those jumpers.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky. Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>