Joerg, Joerg Schilling pÃÅ¡e v po 22. 09. 2008 v 19:14 +0200: > Milan Jurik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is a MSI K8T Master2-FAR7 > > > > > > > No way to switch that additional SATA controller to "pATA legacy mode". > > AHCI support of this controller isn't very good also. Could you look at > > What do you understand here by "this controller isn't very good also"? >
I wrote "AHCI support of this controller", not this controlller. It's old, poorly designed SATA controller, with known limits (e.g. bad compatibility with SATAII) > I did not see problems when booting a Knoppix DVD. > VIA wrote Linux driver for it some time ago. > > > "BIOS" of this controller (see appendix A of the manual) and check if > > you didn't enable RAID on it? I have similar system at home so I could > > check later this week if there is possibility to access it from Solaris. > > Neither the BIOS menus nor the manual did show a hint on how to switch to > PATA legacy mode. > There are three possibilities on some SATA controllers: a) operate in "Legacy mode" - for compatibility reasons - not available in SATA controller from VT8237R b) operate in SATA mode - this one could work with ahci driver in your case, maybe c) operate in "RAID" mode - this one is advertised by your controller now During system boot, there is possibility to enter configuration of this SATA controller, just press <Tab> when POST is asking for it. Look if you can change config of it to "non-RAID" somehow But looking at documentation of your mainboard, I don't believe it will work with Solaris drivers today. Best regards, Milan
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