User manual

Chapter 6: Support
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Installation Issues
(Capacity, Booting)
How can I change the system boot sequence in order to boot from drives
on the SATAII150 or SATA300 Controller?
The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS. As far as the system
BIOS is concerned, the SATAII150 or SATA300 Serial ATA Controller and its
defined arrays are categorized as a SCSI device. This allows you to set the
boot sequence in your BIOS setup utility to boot from SCSI first, rather than
IDE.
If there are multiple SCSI add-in controllers in the system, then the boot
sequence among is determined by their PCI slot priority. PCI slot #1 will be
first, slot #2 second, etc. If you want to boot from the array, put the
SATAII150 or SATA300 Controller in the PCI slot where it will be accessed
before the other SCSI controllers.
How can I change the boot sequence between a PCI SCSI card and the
SATAII150 or SATA300 Controller?
Since all PCI devices are PnP, it is difficult to determine which device is
addressed first. Some newer motherboard BIOSes have advanced options
that identify devices and allow you to select which device will be assigned
resources first. Otherwise you may have to physically switch the device
cards on the PCI slots so that the boot device is in the highest priority slot
number, as described in the previous answer.