On Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. >> > > OpenSolaris supports AHCI mode, and ICH6R and VT8251 are supposed to > work perfectly. For details, please see the man page of ahci driver.
Is it a new feature added in Neveda or has existed for a long time? > > >> >> 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 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of alessioc >> Sent: 2007年7月24日 22:24 >> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >> Subject: [osol-discuss] SATA problems on chipset VIA VT8237R (epia >> EK) >> >> i'm trying to install osol b68 but it seems it does not > recognize the hdd attached to the sata controller of my > motherboard (chipset via VT8237R). >> is there any way to know what's going wrong? >> is there any way to know if this chipset is supported? >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >> opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >> opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
