Thanks, I got it working. For the record: 1. http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18859&lang=eng shows 2 drivers: iata96cd.exe and iata96enu.exe. No clues given on the site as to which does what. I tried installing iata96enu.exe.
2. iata96enu.exe also complained that I need .net > 3.0, but this time ignoring the warning, the driver appeared to install OK (the one I tried yesterday refused to install). 3. shutting down, I used the vb gui to detach the .vdi from the IDE and attach to the SATA. Minor panic because on 'add disk' it did not show the .vdi I just removed, and I had to search around different dirs to find it. Probably because this installation has been around for quite a few VB versions and things may have moved around. Mark Cranness wrote: > Neal Becker wrote: >> I just updated to vb4. I'd like to convert my old XP guest, using >> IDE to SATA, because I believe it will give me better performance. >> >> ... I need to install SATA driver > > VirtualBox implements (if Everest is to be believed): > Intel 82801HBM ICH8M SATA AHCI Controller. > > This intel driver should work: > http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18859&lang=eng > > Search for this and other Intel drivers here: > http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx?lang=eng > > You could even add the SATA controller first, then use the Intel Driver Update > Utility (from the search page above) which should find the correct driver for > you. > > What worked for me (Windows 2000) was: > > - Install a SATA controller and add a temp VDI drive to it, but leave the > existing IDE boot drives as they are. - Boot the VM and run the Intel driver > software. - Reboot VM. > - Shutdown VM, reassign C: VDI file from IDD controller to SATA controller. > - Boot VM, press F12 @ VirtualBox boot splash screen and select new SATA drive > to boot from. > > Mark > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
