Major issue with RocketRaid 2322 and ML installation

[5thwall]

Hi all,

First off - I'm amazed at how all this is working. Thanks, tonymac and everyone else involved!

Now for the bad news: this one's a huge bummer. For some reason, when I boot with a drive connected to a RocketRaid 2322, the card somehow de-initializes the drive. Kaput. Not salvageable (as far as I can tell as it wasn't seen by Disk Warrior).

I tested it out again by formatting the drive, copying some files to it and re-booting. Same thing happened again.

The other issue is that the computer wants to boot from the drive attached to the RocketRaid - it says something to the effect of "invalid boot disk." I have to unplug the drive and re-boot from scratch. I set it up in the BIOS to boot from the primary internal SSD drive. But it still wants to boot from it.

This sucks - I lost a lot of stuff. Nope, most of it wasn't backed up. Yep, I know I'm an idiot.

Anyway, moving forward, any recommendations? Is the 2322 just too old? If so, any card recommendations? I have SAS connectors with the 2322, so preferably something with that.

Here's my system specs:


Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I73770K
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ0EOW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Gigabyte Intel Z77 Dual Thunderbolt ATX Motherboard with BT4.0/Wi-Fi (GA-Z77X-UP5-TH)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTB3QW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&smid=A1TSN35NIS24VZ

Corsair Professional Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply compatible with Intel and AMD Platforms - CMPSU-650HX
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LVUPZQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A2YLYLTN75J8LR

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G1YPH0/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01

SanDisk Extreme SSD 480 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDX-480G-G25
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006EKIQYM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

EVGA GeForce GTX680 SuperClocked 2048MB GDDR5, DVI, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort, 4-way SLI Ready Graphics Card Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2682-KR
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007KC1R9E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz PC3 240 Pin DIMM Memory CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006EWUO22/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Gaming Case CC-9011012-WW
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E983JW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Syba Low Profile PCI-Express 1394b/1394a (2B1A) Card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S53IG8/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

AJA Kona 3 (it works!!)

Highpoint RocketRaid 2322


Thanks for any insight.

 

[5thwall]

Anyone? At the least, any recommends for another eSATA card?

Thx.

 

[5thwall]

I have not solved the issue, but I have determined that the card will de-initialize a drive if it senses a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Anything else and it seems to be ok.

Given that I must use Journaled volumes, I have no other option than to get rid of the card . Anyone out there have a recommendation for a good card?

I purchased this off recommendation on the site, but can't get it to work OOB.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ULP9PW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00