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August 28th, 2024 12:03
T5610: Booting from SAS, initialize drive?
I have an old T5610. It has a SAS card.
However, if I use a SAS drive, it does not show up for me to add to the UEFI boot.
In the SAS config, the drive shows as "unconfigured good".
Do I need to "initialize"? I tried this but it seems to stay at 0% forever. (its a 4TB drive so maybe its just really slow).
I don't really need any special raid features, I just want it to read the drive and boot from it. However, if I need to setup a virtual disk, (and wipe the disc), I'm reimaging it.
If I plug it a SATA drive, it boots up fine, but I'm running low on them and want to be able to use my SAS drives on systems that actually have SAS
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Chino de Oro
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August 28th, 2024 22:12
For system with Legacy boot mode, use CTRL + I or CTRL + H hotkey at boot will allow access to configuration menu.
For system with UEFI boot mode, use F12 at boot to access one time boot menu and select Device Configuration to access menu.
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August 29th, 2024 12:45
Yes I know for to get into the device configuration.
My issue is I don't know what to do after.
I see my drive listed as "unconfigured good".
I tried initialize but it just stays at 0%.
I didn't care about raid, I just want the system to boot from the drive and/or have it show up on the boot menu.
It seems like it's "hiding" the drive currently until I do someone to "configure" it