On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > Hi Eric :-) > >> 123?DEVICEHIGH=C:\FDOS\bin\UIDE.SYS /D:FDCD0001 > > Do you already use the newest version? The original is here: > http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html (newest: 2010-12-05) > Yep, I use the latest version of UIDE. >> I always encountered "BAD Controller" error messages and then says >> UIDE.SYS cannot load. So is there any way to make this driver work? I >> google a lot and it seemed only this driver is popular for SATA >> devices. > > The source code says that this message can be shown if not both > flags "busmaster" and "memory mapped I/O" are active. This might > be related to your BIOS settings, in particular for SATA. Some > BIOSes may need settings as AHCI, "legacy mode" or "native IDE". > > You can control those settings in your BIOS CMOS setup which is > a config menu that you can reach by pressing a hotkey at boot. > The hotkeys can be different for different BIOS brands though. > > Regards, Eric :-) > > PS: You can also run tools like PCISLEEP (option L) to get a list > of PCI / AGP / PCIe / onboard devices in your system but I think > that UIDE can already display some relevant data, see the readme. > So it looks like UIDE is not a real SATA driver. It still depends on BIOS related settings. Maybe just faster when reading data.
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