> I've tried booting from usd cdrom, usb stick both 9labs and 9legacy. > it does not recognize them. this is ICH9R that's claimed to be > supported.
ICH9R should be supported, but the sdiahci driver is not present in the installation kernel (pcflop) from the Bell Labs CD image. You may try this image, which is not ideal, but has the merit to include the sdiahci driver in the pcflop kernel. http://9legacy.org/download/9spirit.iso.bz2 -- David du Colombier