mSATA on ASUS Z87-WS

[elginite00]

My build: Asus Z87-WS
SAMSUNG MSATA 32GB (FOR FREENAS TO LIVE)
INTEL I3-4130T
G.SKILL 32GB
XFX 850 MODULAR PSU
4 X SEAGATE 3TB
4 X SEAGATE 4TB
I've thrown some money at this build and can't get the thing to boot from the mSATA drive. I have kids and don't care for a usb sticking out of the case for fear that they will break it off. My previous build used a usb stick and worked fine until the cheap usb stick failed. I was starting fresh with a board that would support my hard drives.

My question is, has anyone booted freenas from mSATA? 9.1 is what I am trying to boot. I temporarily installed a dvd-rom to install freenas to mSATA and everything seemed to work there, but no boot after install.

 

[cyberjock]

A lot of problems will go away if you just go with the manual's recommendations. Go with USB and get http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IV6S9S/?tag=ozlp-20 . Now it's internal, its on the USB which is the recommended configuration and your problem is solved!

 

[DrKK]

Yeah, suggest you buy this sir. It will solve your problem. Doesn't stick out at all. Kids-safe.

 

[cyberjock]

Mine's better! (this is a joke... you better laugh!)

 

[DrKK]

Also, this one. Which is what I use.

 

[warri]

If the system doesn't boot from a given medium, it's usually a BIOS configuration problem. Or not supported at all ;)
How did you attach the mSata - does the board have a dedicated slot or is it some kind of sata adapter?

 

[elginite00]

The board has a dedicated mSATA slot. I do get an error 19.

If I can get away from boot from usb, it would be preferable.

@cyberjock, nice one.

 

[elginite00]

@cyberjock, That's a cool adapter for a usb drive. Thanks for sharing that.