On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 01:34:41PM -0500, the unit calling itself Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > ---- Original message ---- > > > >I'm building a systeme & considering a SATA DVD drive (Plextor > >PX-755SA). Anyone used one of these in a recent version of OpenBSD, or > >have any other thoughts on SATA DVD compatibility? > > i've got a SATA DVD drive in this machine and it doesn't get recognized in the > dmesg: > > pciide0 at pci1 dev 11 function 0 "CMD Technology SiI3112 SATA" rev 0x02: DMA > pciide0: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt > pciide0: port 0: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3200822AS> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 190782MB, 390721968 sectors > wd0(pciide0:0:0): using BIOS timings, Ultra-DMA mode 6 > VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV > pciide0: port 1: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > pciide1 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce2 IDE" rev 0xa2: DMA, channel 0 > configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility > wd1 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 6L300R0> > wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 286188MB, 586114704 sectors > wd1(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 > pciide1: channel 1 disabled (no drives) > > it seems to detect that a device is present, but not any more than that. > > i am to understand that SATA DVD/CD-ROM drives are relatively rare. i have a > plextor 712-SA or something like that.
The PX-755SA is very similar to the 712SA, so I'm guessing that the 755 won't work either. I would have guessed that OpenBSD supported SATA DVD drives, but the "Platforms" page suggests support is very limited - I guess that squelches plans for a SATA HDD as well :( Too bad... the SATA drives are a lot faster & relieve cable clutter. Thanks, Jay
