From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LnYjL-0000mX-KA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03B1FE029D; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D39D3E029D for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7186D6443D for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.85 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.85 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.251, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id duetiKdVLrV1 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8EE6491D for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LnYj4-0000QC-NX for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:30 +0000 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:30 +0000 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:30 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky. Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:38:03 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87skkxdays.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <878wmr9f3u.fsf@newsguy.com> <49CCEF78.70802@anferny.me.uk> <874oxeakzx.fsf@newsguy.com> <58965d8a0903271226m22f4582dv8de820bc4cf409d6@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BPKSMPkj4gqdtpFD/0FAVg4J28Y= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 9504f65f-b9a3-4f71-bd1b-f91e8ff148b1 X-Archives-Hash: 79088c456f5b4ab0770eb5d8951d9392 Paul Hartman writes: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> 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). > > After re-reading your first post, my guess would be: your new drives > are SATA II but your Adapter controller does not support that, > according to http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sata_host/ASH-1205SA/ > > Most drives have a jumper to put them into 1.5gbps mode (rather than > 3gbps mode). See if your new drives have one of those jumpers. There are pins (no actual jumper was supplied) but the only thing mentioned on the drive about using pins is this: Jumpered pins 3 and 4 enables PUIS (Power Up In Standby) I think I found what you are referring to but there is no mention of changing 3gb to 1.5gb... at least not in those terms. Or maybe this is something else. They call it: Enable or disable the spread spectrum clocking feature. Default setting is disable Here: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=487&language=en Which has this further link on the Specification tab/Left hand column Quick Installation Guide http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2079-001042.pdf