User manual

Chapter 6: Support
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drives that can be defined. Consult your OS documentation about
partitioning larger drives.
What system BIOS setup settings do I use for the drives on the SATA300
TX4302 Serial ATA Controller card?
None. The drives on the SATA300 TX4302 Controller are supported by the
Promise BIOS and/or OS drivers, not by your system BIOS.
Installation Issues
(Capacity, Booting)
How can I change the system boot sequence in order to boot from drives
on the SATA300 TX4302 Controller?
The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS. As far as the system
BIOS is concerned, the SATA300 TX4302 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 SATA300
TX4302 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
SATA300 TX4302 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.