On 01/22/21 10:29 AM, Volker A. Brandt wrote: > Hi Chris! > > > Hang in there! I'm sure we'll get it to work eventually. > >> Driver is NOT the problem. >> I think the only way I'm going to be able to install OI on this, is >> by plugging my sata drive into a USB adapter, and install it there. >> Then after installation. Plug the drive back into the sata port on >> the MB. I thought OI had better sata support. It clearly understands >> the controller. >> >> Well. They say a Picture paints a thousand words: >> https://bsdos.info/OI/Screenshot-2021-01-22-00-12-55.png > > I don't think it's a matter of lacking "better SATA support". Several > Sun servers had the nv_sata chip on board (we have an X2200M2 here), and > Solaris and thus illumos-based systems have supported that for a long > time. It must be some interaction between the installer and your > system. > > Do test an OmniOS USB installer, just to see if it can find the disks. > > > Regards -- Volker >
On mine it says that the driver used is ahci, but the again it's an intel controller I have. Could you set your BIOS to display drives as ahci? I second Volker's idea about trying out OmniOS. /tony -- Tony Albers - Systems Architect - IT Development Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Tel: +45 2566 2383 - CVR/SE: 2898 8842 - EAN: 5798000792142 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss