Hello,
I am a beginner in setting up a server and this the first time I am doing this. However, I came across some problems and would appreciate any help from experts.
I had an very old windows pc running windows 7 OS which is not in used so I decided to turn it into a server. So I installed and ran the TrueNAS server OS in a usb flash drive and I managed to enter the interface on another computer with the IP address.
Now here comes the problem, since the old motherboard has only 4 Sata ports and I have 18 HDD for this server, I got one of those PCIE adapter card with SATA expansion slots. I tried connecting the other HDDs but in the interface I can only see drives that is connected to the SATA ports on the motherboard and not those connected to the PCIe expansion card SATA slots.
Please note that too I ran windows again but windows can read the drives in PCIe expansion SATA slots so the hardware and components should be in a healthy condition. Besides, in the boot menu of the motherboard, drives in the PCIe expansion card could not be read aswell.