stormcloud74
08-25-2010, 12:53 AM
Hi There,
I have read quite a few posts where it is said that the Convoy XL (PCXL25SR) cannot be used as a boot device. I have been testing on 2 different platforms but mainly on this mobo http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/SBC/P4BWA(S).htm
The problem we are having is strange because we have NO problems! :o
The device is set up in RAID1 mode and we have tried everything we can think of to break it. I thought to myself that it should be easy to fail because it is not supposed to work as a boot device. I have removed either drive and rebuilt them, removed the power while doing a rebuild, replaced either disc with a replacement (hot swap) and pull the power out and it just will not fail. I would say that I have now rebooted about 80 times and still going strong... For obvious reasons, the only thing I haven't tried is pulling both drives out together.
Even more impressive is that the drive which is removed can be booted from on a test system to check that it was indeed a complete working copy.
Can somebody please tell me if I am missing something?
I have read quite a few posts where it is said that the Convoy XL (PCXL25SR) cannot be used as a boot device. I have been testing on 2 different platforms but mainly on this mobo http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/SBC/P4BWA(S).htm
The problem we are having is strange because we have NO problems! :o
The device is set up in RAID1 mode and we have tried everything we can think of to break it. I thought to myself that it should be easy to fail because it is not supposed to work as a boot device. I have removed either drive and rebuilt them, removed the power while doing a rebuild, replaced either disc with a replacement (hot swap) and pull the power out and it just will not fail. I would say that I have now rebooted about 80 times and still going strong... For obvious reasons, the only thing I haven't tried is pulling both drives out together.
Even more impressive is that the drive which is removed can be booted from on a test system to check that it was indeed a complete working copy.
Can somebody please tell me if I am missing something?