Bug#607301: I think I misunderstood The SiI 3114 User Manual Page 5. " HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets. "

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 607301 - fixed-upstream
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Hi McTech,

In April, 2011, techy techtech wrote:

> I have not loaded the non raid firmware when I started
> using a single sata attached hard disk drive.
> I thought it would make fault finding easier,
> by making things less complex, with just one hard disk.
>
> I will have to rethink the SATARaid User's Manual page 5.
> " HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets. "
> copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc.
>
> I thought the " No valid device! " message meant no valid raid array.
> I now believe it means;
> that there is no valid Direct Access Storage Device (DASD), that
> the BIOS can communicate with.  If so, I need to either :-
> 1.) Install a second disk to make a valid RAID array, or
> 2.) Change the SiI 3114 to (non raid) SATALink firmware.

Sorry for the long silence.  Did you end up learning more about
this?  Upstream seems to have have given up on the related report
Miguel found.

Curious,
Jonathan