I've got an HP Envy 4T (4-1043CL), and it has a 30GB mSata drive that is used to support fast booting (6GB), as well as caching (24GB); after I updated the mSata to 128GB, I was presented with an Intel RAID configuration ROM (CTRL-I), but can't access it unless I make a hardware change (like swapping the mSata drives out again).
Right now I'm not using the mSata for fast boot or for caching, and I have two OS(s) installed and running (Linux Mint, and Windows 7); I also have a SnowLeo DVD that recognized the mSata drive and allowed me to install, but I still cannot boot.. I can get to the Chimera boot sceen, but I can't boot with any of the kernel flags (-v -f -x cpus=1 arch=x86_64 busratio=20 pcirootuid=0/1 graphicsenabler=yes/no usekernelcache=no usbbusfix=yes npci=0x2000/0x3000 platform=ACPI/x86pc, etc..).
What I'm hoping to find out, is how do I know what these setting should be for my laptop.. what sort of cookie crumbs should I be following to see if I can determine what they should be? Since no one has cracked this nut (that I am aware of), I haven't been able to find a graceful solution to this yet..
Here are my system specs (before the mSata upgrade):
HP_Envy4T_Specs.txt 45.41K
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Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,,!!
Thanks, in advance!
btw: Mint boots in about 5 seconds..