Question No Boot from eSATA ?

ronb1955

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I will try and explain this best as possible...
Drive 1 (win11) SSD installed via SATA
Drive 2 (Win 10) SSD installed via SATA
Drive 3 (backup drive) installed via SATA

I can boot and run Linux Ubuntu on my external case with all the other drives installed
I have another external drive with Mint and in the same external case computer will not even reach boot screen
Unhook all the other drives installed inside computer then Mint will boot
 

Ralston18

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Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Motherboard? How many SATA ports? M.2, PCIe slots etc.?

Refer to the applicable motherboard User Guide/Manual for supported SATA configurations.

Are those external drives USB? Are they reliant on case power or independently powered?

Hopefully just some misconfiguration with multiple drives.
 

ronb1955

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gigabyte z590 ud ac
32GB Corsair
6500XT video
Evga 750GQ PSU
External drive case has its own power and they are sata
It will boot Ubuntu with or without the other drives installed
the ssd with Mint will only boot with all other drives removed
 

ronb1955

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Maybe I found the issue, I have Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB with windows 10 installed, the ssd with linux mint is Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
Unhook the 500GB and the 120GB runs fine. I didn't know you couldn't run two drives with the same name even if their capacities are different.