> > > > if you alter your bios settings to set the sata mode to enhanced/ahci, > > plan 9 should boot directly from livecd on your machine. > > [etc] > > It will boot from the livecd , it just won't recognize my sata drive. > When i put it in ata mode, or legacy mode or what ever, i have noticed > some os's recognize it as a sata, some as an ata. Plan 9 unfortunatly > is in the sata relm.
like i said, you need to turn on "enhanced" mode in the bios. for some chipsets/bios you need to enable ahci. on phoenixbios this option only appears once enhanced mode is enabled. if this is not working, either i misunderstood which file you modified. sdata.c or sdiahci.c. it's possible that there are missing dids in sdiahci.c or i am a bit confused as to the southbridge that comes with the 945. what is the output of "pci|grep disk"? > I can build 9pcf.gz and put it on a floppy and the new kernel with my > changes will boot, and see the sata bus. But the floppy root system is > missing those components, therefore it won't get to a working system. > > Is there a way I can boot the floppy kernel but use the CD's root fs? i've done this. it's how i got my first system working. it would boot from cd, but then couldn't find the cd. (or something, it's bee n a long time.) if sdaoe is built into the distribution, you could run vblade on another machine and install onto that. once you fix the sata issues, you could copy to local media. - erik
