> -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:13:51AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have had a system configured using this mobo and have hit a > > showstopper. > > > > The HDD (a seagate 330GB IDE) have been connected to the ITE IDE > > controller > > while the DVDrom has been connected to the primary IDE controller. > > > > It seems that the ITE device is a RAID controller, and the BIOS and > > the 5.4 FreeBSD installer dont see the HDD at all. Which > > is not very useful! > > The ASUS site doesn't mention what type the ITE controller > is. According > to the ata(4) manual page, only the IT8211F and IT8212F are supported. > > But according to the motherboard layout drawing in the manual, it is > indeed a IT8211F, so it should be supported. Are you sure it > is enabled? >
I believe that it is 'enabled' in that there is a momentary flash of the ITE scanning and I think the disk is found as I reckon I can catch something like this ??? 0: ST3300???? UDMA? ??? 1: ??? 2: ??? 3: where the ? are characters I havent caught. But it never appears in the BIOS report. And the installer certainly doesnt talk to it at all. > > The mobo has a SATA port as well, and the question is > > > > Does 5.4 support SATA drives for install? > > Yes. > > Roland > -- mjt --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"