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I need a SATA drive for my system and my motherboard doesn't support SATA.
I have a PATA to SATA converter and connecting a SATA drive to the motherboard via an IDE cable.
When I copy over my OS the drive won't be seen by the motherboard. It doesn't even hit the boot loader.
Error is please insert bootable media.
My specs are
RedHat 6.2
Pentium 3 844GHz
Linux 2.2.24-6.5
If anyone has any idea on how to get the SATA seen it'd be greatly appreciated.
If there's anymore information needed please let me know.
Thanks.
Last edited by ManInTheMiddle; 09-19-2014 at 09:19 AM.
Not all pci to sata cards are fully working and not all are fully seen by the host bios.
Normally it may show up as a scsi choice in bios. If you boot to some live media or three and the sata drives don't show then it could be any of the adapter, bios, host system.
Try a different slot for adapter.
This is one time where a bios update may help. (may as in may bork your system too)
Be sure to test always to bios. While linux doesn't really need bios support it would have to have it to boot to this disk.
Not all pci to sata cards are fully working and not all are fully seen by the host bios.
Normally it may show up as a scsi choice in bios. If you boot to some live media or three and the sata drives don't show then it could be any of the adapter, bios, host system.
Try a different slot for adapter.
This is one time where a bios update may help. (may as in may bork your system too)
Be sure to test always to bios. While linux doesn't really need bios support it would have to have it to boot to this disk.
There's only two slots for IDE. Master and slave.
If I update BIOS on my machine will it effect the operation of the device and OS working together? If this would cause errors in the future it would have drastic effect on y business..
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I've got a SATA to PATA/PATA to SATA adapter but I'm going from SATA (computer) to PATA (drive) It seems to work OK as far as I can ascertain, made by StarTech, see here.
The conversion should be transparent to the computer, no set up or software required, it should just be seen as a PATA drive in your case. Note that if you have two connectors on the adapter you must be using the correct one, i.e. to connect to your SATA drive.
The make/model of the IDE/SATA converter. As stated earlier I found reviews that showed some converters could not be used with a boot device. Have you looked for used IDE drives?
A custom built outdated OS using unsupportable hardware could be a disaster just waiting to happen.
Even if you could find BIOS update for the motherboard it probably will not help in this situation.
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The OP isn't using a PCI card, it's a PATA to SATA convertor.
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I have a PATA to SATA converter and connecting a SATA drive to the motherboard via an IDE cable.
It sounds like he's only got the double IDE connectors on the motherboard. The converter should work transparently with the motherboard thinking it's got an IDE drive.
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