Noelle Milton Vega wrote: > Hi: > > Here is the latest incarnation of this problem (I'm experiencing today). > My system is a Dell XPS 720. The following hardware is attached to it: > > - 4 internal SATA drives (managed by the system BIOS *not* the RAID > controller BIOS. i.e. I'm not doing any RAID so I don't use it). > > - 2 external SATA drives, daisy chained, and attached to the system via > its single FireWire port. > (Note: I don't need Solaris to see the external FireWire attached drives) > > - 3 DVD/CD optical drives, all internally connected. > > PBDS DVD+-RW DH-16W1S > > NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A > > NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A > > The Solaris install DVD (not CD) media, nv77x86, does not detect any of the > 4 internal SATA drives. As suggested previously, I have done the following: > > (1) Ensured that DVD optical drives are first to boot from via BIOS settings. > (2) Tried to install Solaris nv77 from the PBDS and NEC DVD drives. > (3) Started the install from a powered-on cold booted the system. > > Unfortunately, during the "Configuring devices phase" I get the following > message: > > WARNING: attached failed: RAID mode not supported > nv_sata0 attach failed. <-- sata0 > WARNING: attached failed: RAID mode not supported > nv_sata1 attach failed. <-- sata1 > WARNING: attached failed: RAID mode not supported > nv_sata2 attach failed. <-- sata2 > > Are you sure there aren't any RAID settings in the BIOS you overlooked? The warning makes it look like you have.
What chipset does the system use? Ian
