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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:22:15 -0700, JohnM wrote:

>I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
>options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded drivers

What options? Boot from SATA, RAID, Non-RAID.

You didn't mention the BIOS Award or Phoenix or version.

>from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one

Okay drivers a good idea when the OS detects a new device and asks for
them.

>Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that

Still looks okay, for a VIA chipset and a Promise controller.

>BIOS not installed

What BIOS isn't installed? Ah the Promise RAID controller because there
aren't 2 drives.

>I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
>without RAID!!!

You generally pick the non RAID option. Sometimes the names are a bit
odd, like Base.

Award BIOS will be very like a lot of others.

Onboard H/W Sata - enable / disable
Serial ATA Function - Base / RAID

Onboard ATA/RAID - enable / disable
RAID controller - RAID or ATA.


So If it all works on startup, when your OS starts can you see the
drive? This was your aim after all and if the RAID function isn't
activated it sounds okay as well.

Me

And sometimes an array has to be set to JBOD if only a single hd is being
used

"why?" <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote in message
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>
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:22:15 -0700, JohnM wrote:
>
> >I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
> >options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded
drivers
>
> What options? Boot from SATA, RAID, Non-RAID.
>
> You didn't mention the BIOS Award or Phoenix or version.
>
> >from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one
>
> Okay drivers a good idea when the OS detects a new device and asks for
> them.
>
> >Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>
> Still looks okay, for a VIA chipset and a Promise controller.
>
> >BIOS not installed
>
> What BIOS isn't installed? Ah the Promise RAID controller because there
> aren't 2 drives.
>
> >I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
> >without RAID!!!
>
> You generally pick the non RAID option. Sometimes the names are a bit
> odd, like Base.
>
> Award BIOS will be very like a lot of others.
>
> Onboard H/W Sata - enable / disable
> Serial ATA Function - Base / RAID
>
> Onboard ATA/RAID - enable / disable
> RAID controller - RAID or ATA.
>
>
> So If it all works on startup, when your OS starts can you see the
> drive? This was your aim after all and if the RAID function isn't
> activated it sounds okay as well.
>
> Me

Read the mobo manual for using Sata with only a single hd

"JohnM" <> wrote in message
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> I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
> options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded drivers
> from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one
> Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>
> BIOS not installed
> I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
> without RAID!!!
>
>

"JohnM" <> wrote in message
news:f4g8r6$103$1$...
> I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
> options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded drivers
> from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one
> Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>
> BIOS not installed
> I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
> without RAID!!!
>

Like Why said, if everything works, ignore the message. That is NORMAL. It
is merely telling you that you DON'T have the RAID enabled. The controller
card checks to see if it needs to install it's BIOS to provide RAID. When it
sees that you don't NEED the BIOS, it says "BIOS not installed."

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:25:50 GMT, old man wrote:

>And sometimes an array has to be set to JBOD if only a single hd is being
>used

That's the other 1, think I have seen that on Promise PCI cards and it
is on the Adaptec SATA PCI card I have.

Sometimes it's not wasy to guess if the OP means they have Promise PCI
card or a Promise cutdown RAID 0 or 1 in the BIOS only option when all
that was memtioned was a Promise driver.

>"why?" <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:22:15 -0700, JohnM wrote:
>>
>> >I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
>> >options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded
>drivers
>>
>> What options? Boot from SATA, RAID, Non-RAID.
>>
>> You didn't mention the BIOS Award or Phoenix or version.
>>
>> >from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one
>>
>> Okay drivers a good idea when the OS detects a new device and asks for
>> them.
>>
>> >Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>>
>> Still looks okay, for a VIA chipset and a Promise controller.
>>
>> >BIOS not installed

<snip>

Me

I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded drivers
from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa and one
Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that

BIOS not installed
I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
without RAID!!!

"JohnM" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the many replies ... I've search the manual ... hard copy and
> on line, checked every option in the BIOS and am coming to the conclusion
> as you have suggested ... it's normal ... it all seems to work fine.
> (Feels faster than my original IDE ..) Thanks all of you for your help

We have RAID in three servers of the four servers at work: and there's an
extra controller for the tape backup in one, which does that exact message
for that controller. And we have a server without RAID using a SATA
controller that does the same thing.


>
> "WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote in message
> news:jvUai.8$...
>> "JohnM" <> wrote in message
>> news:f4g8r6$103$1$...
>>> I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
>>> options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded
>>> drivers from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa
>>> and one Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>>>
>>> BIOS not installed
>>> I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
>>> without RAID!!!
>>>
>>
>> Like Why said, if everything works, ignore the message. That is NORMAL.
>> It is merely telling you that you DON'T have the RAID enabled. The
>> controller card checks to see if it needs to install it's BIOS to provide
>> RAID. When it sees that you don't NEED the BIOS, it says "BIOS not
>> installed."
>>
>
>

Thanks for the many replies ... I've search the manual ... hard copy and on
line, checked every option in the BIOS and am coming to the conclusion as
you have suggested ... it's normal ... it all seems to work fine. (Feels
faster than my original IDE ..) Thanks all of you for your help

"WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote in message
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> "JohnM" <> wrote in message
> news:f4g8r6$103$1$...
>> I'm lost, instaled a SATA drive on my MSIK8T neo motherboard. Set the
>> options for SATA on in the bios, at some point seem to have loaded
>> drivers from a floppy that came with the board ... there are 2, one VIa
>> and one Promise. All now works but on start up I'm told that
>>
>> BIOS not installed
>> I don't have an array! ... Iknow that, but I can't see how to have SATA
>> without RAID!!!
>>
>
> Like Why said, if everything works, ignore the message. That is NORMAL. It
> is merely telling you that you DON'T have the RAID enabled. The controller
> card checks to see if it needs to install it's BIOS to provide RAID. When
> it sees that you don't NEED the BIOS, it says "BIOS not installed."
>