Lu, Baolu wrote: >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? > >
The ahci driver has existed there for at least half a year. Thanks, - ying - >> >>>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 > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
