[gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky.

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Anthony Metcalf <nevyn@anferny.me.uk> writes:

> Harry Putnam wrote:

[...]

>>   
> Sounds like the bios is seeing the drives in a different order now to
> before, and so is trying to boot from the wrong disk....
>
> Can you manually alter the order it tries disks?

I can, and it is set directly to boot from master on first IDE
controller.  I haven't changed or messed with that in the course of
this swap.  So seems unlikely the bios has confused between IDE
controller where the boot disk is, and PCI sata controller where the
swap is taking place.

It looked to me like the message would becoming from that PCI sata
controller. 

"
  Press F3 to enter configuration utility
  Primary channel: WDC WD750-blah-bah "  <= my new 750gb drive

That doesn't look like something coming from the normal bios does it?
The disk referred to is the new added one, of 2 on a PCI sata
controller.  And I've seen this message without a disk reference,
every time I boot. 
  
  Press F3 to enter configuration utility

I've just ignored it and booting was fine.  But now there is a disk
reference and bootup stops there.

Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>> Setup:
>>  amd Athlon64 +3400 architecture
>>
>> I'm attempting to replace 2 200gb sata drives with 2 750 gb drives.
>
> Make sure your boot partition is not too far from the beginning of the disk.

Boot partition is not involved here.  Its on a a different (IDE) disk.

Its not on a partition actually but in the MBR of Master drive on
first IDE controller.  The newly added disk is sata and is on a PCI
sata controller (Adeptec 1205sa).