[Novalug] booting Ubuntu Server on a PCI SATA card 3112a Satalink

[Jay Hart]

Can you reset the BIOS setting by pulling a jumper off.  Try that and set the
BIOS to default, then boot.  See what happens.

Jay
>
>> Must be an universal truth. As soon as soon you pose a question you
>> figure out a solution. Downgrading the BIOS version of the card did
>> work. For the record only 4.2.50 bios ide version works. Just in case
>> someone has a similar issue
> Now I'm facing a hardware issue. This optiplex gx 260 desktop factor has
> a PCI riser adapter that allows to plug two pci regular cards (not low
> profile).
>
> The issue is that it seems I can't plug three pci cards at the same time
> (I'm plugging two network cards and the PCI SATA card). If I do, the
> SATA card doesn't seem to see the disk. Any combination unplugging any
> of the three cards work. I even have tried with different network cards.
>
> Am I missing anything?
>
> Miguel
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