On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 09:56 +0800, Lu, Baolu wrote: > OpenSolaris does support SATA controllers, but there are some comments. I am > not familiar with the VT8237R chipset, but I can share with you my > experiences on Intel chipsets. > > On the Intel server platform, the IO Bridge (south bridge) integrates the > SATA controller. The SATA controller can be set to three modes: > IDE - Legacy IDE mode > AHCI - Advanced Host Controller Interface > RAID - SATA soft-RAID > > Currently, as far as I know, OpenSolaris only supports the IDE mode of the > SATA controller. So set your SATA mode to "IDE" in the BIOS setup utility. > > BTW, > 1. When IDE mode is set, only 4 SATA ports are available. Attach your hard > drives onto the first 4 SATA ports. > 2. Before installation, check the BIOS setup. Make sure your SATA hard drives > are recognized by your system. > > Yours, > Allen
Interesting, I've got a HP laptop and it supports native SATA out of the box, same goes for my flat mates Dell 8400 - RAID is sometimes known as EHCI in the Dell BIOS settings. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
