Sriram Narayanan wrote: > Has anyone tried to install any OpenSolaris distro on SATA drives ? > > A friend asked me a question, and I realized that till date, I've > installed on mostly IDE drives. > > I recall install OpenSolaris build 55 and build 66 (with Xen bits > included) on Dell D490s which had SATA controllers as well as on-board > STA. > > I'd not faced any problem at all at that time. > > However, I see this URL http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/sata/SATA0.html > > and it talks about SATA not being completely supported. >
All SATA disks I have tried work: Dell Dimension E521, Thinkpad T60P, Dell Inspiron, Dell Latitudes, Sony Vaios ... I am yet to come across an un-supported SATA disk, though I have read about problems with SATA disks from a few other folks. Regards, Moinak. > -- Sriram > _______________________________________________ > ug-bosug mailing list > List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 >
