New HDD Problem (Controller Card)

tntcoder · 02-09-2007, 11:16 AM

Hi,

I have just added a new Silicon Image Controller card to my PC:
(RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02))

I compiled support for this into my new kernel, 2.6.20, Now all my other SATA drives work fine running off the motherboard, but my new drive running off this controller card does not. According to dmesg the drive is detected and added as 'sdc' but theres no sign of it in fdisk -l for me to partition it or anything.

As you can see below, the correct 200gb Maxtor drive is found, but I cant work out why it isnt working

Dmesg Segment:

Code:

sata_sil 0000:02:0c.0: version 2.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0c.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
sata_sil 0000:02:0c.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix
ata3: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xF8804C80 ctl 0xF8804C8A bmdma 0xF8804C00 irq 18
ata4: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xF8804CC0 ctl 0xF8804CCA bmdma 0xF8804C08 irq 18
ata5: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xF8804E80 ctl 0xF8804E8A bmdma 0xF8804E00 irq 18
ata6: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xF8804EC0 ctl 0xF8804ECA bmdma 0xF8804E08 irq 18
scsi2 : sata_sil
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi3 : sata_sil
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi4 : sata_sil
ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi5 : sata_sil
ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
ata6.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 398297088 sectors: LBA48 
ata6.00: ata6: dev 0 multi count 0
ata6.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      Maxtor 6Y200M0   YAR5 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
SCSI device sdc: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdc: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
SCSI device sdc: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdc: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sdc: sdc1
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdc

Thanks for any help,
Jack

squisher · 02-10-2007, 02:40 PM

Hmm, that is strange.

What is the output of 'hdparm -i /dev/sdc'?
What is the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/sdc'?

tntcoder · 02-14-2007, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squisher

Hmm, that is strange.

What is the output of 'hdparm -i /dev/sdc'?
What is the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/sdc'?

Hi sorry for the delay ive been away, From both the above commands I get a fatal access error / drive path does not exist.

Ive done some more digging though, and found out my system only seems to like 2 SATA drives being plugged in for boot? If i plug 3 in only 2 work, regardless of if they are in the controller or motherboard.

But, if I plug my 3rd drive in to a sata port once the system has booted, then its detected and works fine as sdc, it shows up in fdisk for partitioning e.t.c

So its just a problem with it setting up the 3rd disk during boot, and I have no idea whats causing it.

Anyone got any ideas? Ive checked all my bios settings.

Thanks,
Jack