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From: Squeeze on 4 May 2008 10:13
What's wrong with the MB Chipset internal SATA?

mike_in_sd wrote in news:435944_e043024fafc1eff6275b618919ca0110(a)pcforumz.com
> Using Gigabyte GA-K8N mb.
>
> Trying to install two Sata drives.
>
> I dont need/want any fancy raid config, I just want to use both
> drives normally.
>
> using sil 3114 drivers
>
> I have managed to install xp on the first one, and just format the
> second one for storage use.
>
> The only raid setup that seems appropriate is the sil jbod.
>
> When I set them both to this setting I get a MBR error 1
>
> If I remove the jbod from the 2nd one the 1st one will boot ok.
> but, then you dont see the 2nd one.
>
> having problems here ... help !!!
>
> thanks
> mike
From: Yousuf Khan on 5 May 2008 11:59
mike_in_sd wrote:
> Using Gigabyte GA-K8N mb.
>
> Trying to install two Sata drives.
>
> I dont need/want any fancy raid config, I just want to use both
> drives normally.
>
> using sil 3114 drivers
>
> I have managed to install xp on the first one, and just format the
> second one for storage use.
>
> The only raid setup that seems appropriate is the sil jbod.
>
> When I set them both to this setting I get a MBR error 1
>
> If I remove the jbod from the 2nd one the 1st one will boot ok.
> but, then you dont see the 2nd one.
>
> having problems here ... help !!!

It sounds like you've screwed up your partition table on the second one,
due to trying to run it as part of a RAID setup. The RAID setup puts
metadata into the drive, usually on the first sector or track,
overwriting what was there before (usually the partition table). It
moves the partition table to another track, and hides the original first
sector from the operating system. You're gonna have to repartition that
second drive, which would mean losing data. Avoid all of the RAID
options, next time, they're more hassle than they're worth.

Yousuf Khan
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