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. > >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
