New PCIE Sata Controller installled with new Hard Drive
 

Hi!

I've tried working through this, referring to multiple different threads, etc. but still not been able to solve.

I have run out of sata ports for my HDDs on my Ubuntu server, so purchased a PCIE 4 port sata controller. after installing this inside my server and connecting the new 3TB hard drive, I booted the system up but found I couldn't see this through the terminal; Fdisk and Gparted. On checking the BIOS, I can see the new HDD as a selectable boot device, so looks as though the driver installed okay.

The motherboard is a: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H and the Sata Expansion card is: 4 Port 6G PCI-E to SATA3.0 Expansion Miner SSD IPFS Adapter Controller Card (generic/not branded).

I've tried changing a few settings in the bios, such as changing initial display output to IGFX instead of PCIExpress 1, etc. but still can't get Ubuntu to see the hard drive.

On the terminal, if I enter: "lshw -c storage -c disk"

It shows 2 Sata controllers, but not the new Hard drive.

Any idea how to resolve?

Welcome to LQ, si007.

Firstly, I would run everything to check: 'lsblk' ; 'ls /dev/disk/by-id' ; 'lspci' . Note the bus id on the left(e.g. 00:1c:1) of your new card and run 'lspci -vv |grep -A50 <bus_id> and we can see what recognizes it

My next guess is that you could try shifting the disk in case you're not on the master. Personally, I'd like to see such a big hd on the main board controller. I'm vague on this but I have heard of hardware not liking disks over 2TB, and I'm not sure what the issue is. Could you try those & report back?

Thank you for your response. I'll run your suggestions as soon I've returned to my server later this week and let you know the outcome.

Thanks.

After checking with the seller for compatability, Linux wasn't listed. I am returning and purchasing one that has linux referenced in the installation options.

Thanks.