> cat prtconf.pv > > compatible: 'pci8086,7111.1' Hmm, that's the same Intel IDE controller that I have in an old ASUS P2B-S box. This box works just fine with HDDs and ATAPI optical devices in U-DMA mode.
Maybe you should check if there are BIOS options to automatically configure the HDD data transfer mode. I thinks it's best to set them to "AUTO", don't try to force a certain PIO, MWDMA or UDMA mode for a device. This message posted from opensolaris.org
