> @ aspirin > Looks like you're right! As it says on the MSI site, > I have this JMicron controller .. too bad.
No, it isn't _that_ bad :) There are problems only, if you hook up your drive to the Jmicron controller's port(s). On the chipset-supplied ports there should be no problems, as i965 is supported by both Solaris and GRUB. > > Originally I was running Windows on a 10k rpm sata > drive. I tried to install solaris on the same disk as > dual boot. Solaris had problems with the sata drive > and faild before the installation even started.. I think that must be some other problem (but check the bugs here on opensolaris.org, there may exist a regression!!). Nevada knows and handles sata well - even JMicron's sata!! The problem is with the pata-emulation of the JMicron controller, that's why _GRUB_ (NOT Solaris!) cannot find the drive. I had the same "luck": installed Nevada without any hitch, and then GRUB couldn't boot... > Just to be sure that the drive isn't bad I tried it > with another sata drive, same errors.. Hmmm... A BIOS upgrade? Check JMiocron's site too! Also, there exist tools (to be precise: existed 2-3 years ago, when I needed them), that can patch a vendor's bios with the integrated stuff's bios'es. Eg. if there not exist a mobo BIOS with the latest integrated controller's bios, you can dl the controllers bios, and add it to the bios of the mobo, and flash the mobo with that bios. I hope it's clear. :) Just don't ask program names...:( > But the drives are fine, I was able to boot the > installed Linux on one of the sata drives.. > Then I bought the pata drive, and that's where I am > stuck now.. Out of ideas... But try the bios-game! > > Maybe I can find a pata pci controller and connect > the drive to that.. Yeah, that's another option! Good luck! This message posted from opensolaris.org
