Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-05 Thread Al Hopper
On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Rob Windsor wrote: > Eric Haycraft wrote: >> The drives (6 in total) are external (eSATA) ones, so they have their own >> enclosure that I can't open without voiding the warranty... I destroyed one >> enclosure trying out ways to get it to work and learned that there was no

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-05 Thread Lida Horn
Eric Haycraft wrote: > That explains the problems; however, I am able to get them to run by > jumpering them down to SATA1 which brings me back to my original question. Is > there a way to force sata 1 without cracking the drive case and voiding the > warranty? I only have so many expansion slot

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-05 Thread Eric Haycraft
That explains the problems; however, I am able to get them to run by jumpering them down to SATA1 which brings me back to my original question. Is there a way to force sata 1 without cracking the drive case and voiding the warranty? I only have so many expansion slots, so an 8 port supermicro is

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-04 Thread Rob Windsor
Eric Haycraft wrote: > The drives (6 in total) are external (eSATA) ones, so they have their own > enclosure that I can't open without voiding the warranty... I destroyed one > enclosure trying out ways to get it to work and learned that there was no way > to open them up without wrecking the ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Haycraft
The drives (6 in total) are external (eSATA) ones, so they have their own enclosure that I can't open without voiding the warranty... I destroyed one enclosure trying out ways to get it to work and learned that there was no way to open them up without wrecking the case :( I have 2 meter sata to

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-02 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Eric Haycraft wrote: reformatted > I have a supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 and am having some issues getting > drives to work. From what I can tell, my cables are to long to use > with SATA2. I got some drives to work by jumpering them down to > sata1, but other drives I c

Re: [zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-02 Thread Andy Lubel
Jumpering drives by removing the cover? Do you mean opening the chassis because they aren't removable from the outside? Your cable is longer than 1 meter inside of a chasis?? I think sataI is 2 meters and sataII is 1 meter. As far as a system setting for demoting these to sataI I don't know, b

[zfs-discuss] Force SATA1 on AOC-SAT2-MV8

2007-11-02 Thread Eric Haycraft
I have a supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 and am having some issues getting drives to work. From what I can tell, my cables are to long to use with SATA2. I got some drives to work by jumpering them down to sata1, but other drives I can't jumper without opening the case and voiding the drive warranty. Do