I bought a PowerEdge 750 SATA with two hard disks and Windows 2003 Web Edition already installed.

Upgraded the two disks to dynamic with Windows 2003. Added a mirror of DISK0 to DISK1.

I open the server, disconnect SATA DISK1, close it and start it: everything ok, Windows 2003 starts and the disk remains "offline".

I poweroff, connect the SATA DISK1 back again, restart the computer, and resync the mirror from Windows 2003.

EVERYTHING OK.

Now it's time to do the same with the SATA DISK 0 ... **BUT**

1) During POST the server bios says "incorrect configuration - SATA PORT 0 must be present" (not the exact text, but it's the same meaning).

2) I open the server, disconnect SATA DISK from port 1 and connect it on SATA port 0, then reboot

3) After the POST, the server stays as is: it does'nt even load the initial boot (boot.ini).

SO - WHY SHOULD I MIRROR A DISK IF, WHEN THE SATA DISK 0 BREAKS, THERE'LL BE NO WAY TO RESTART THE SERVER ??

Maybe I'm missing something ? Now I'll try making a floppy with ERD to see what happens ... but this sounds ridicoulus... just the fact I have to open the server and change the disk connection it's terrible !!

Is there a solution ?