On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 01:14:26AM +0000, Jim Klimov wrote:
> The cmdk (and pci-ide) in device paths suggest IDE (emulated?) disk
> access; I am not sure the protocol supported more than some limit
> that was infinite-like in 90's or so.
If there is really such a limit for IDE emulation, then format should
describe the limit in an error message, instead of terminating with a
segmentation fault.
> Can you place it to SATA (possibly changing BIOS settings, and at a
> risk of loading with live media to export-import rpool with new
> device paths)?
The usual setting is AHCI on the disk controller. My HP z400 had no
AHCI setting, but did have an AHCI+RAID setting. This is known as a
fake raid controller. This web page helped me install OI on it:
https://superuser.com/questions/635829/how-do-i-install-solaris-on-a-fake-raid-a-k-a-ahciraid-sata-sas-controller/635830#635830
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-Gary Mills- -refurb- -Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-
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