Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:57:25 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: HaggeL <HaggeL@Olympclan.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status Message-ID: <1070215045.98573.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <754558203.20040130154341@Olympclan.de> References: <754558203.20040130154341@Olympclan.de>
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--=-TXBIGGyhTFTTlwi7n9Ct Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 09:43, HaggeL wrote: > Hi Guys :) >=20 > Sorry if i waste your time. I=AEm a freeBSD noob and need some help. > I want to install freeBSD in januar and have some problems. I want to > buy me a new harddrive, a serial ATA one, because i got the "Silicon > ImageR Sil 3112A-Controller" onboard (Asus A7N8X Motherboard). I > didn=AEt find a driver in the Hardware Notes of FreeBSD 5.1, and on the > Producer homepage are only ready Linuxkernels avaible > (http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/searchDirect/?searchString=3DSil+3112A&sea= rchType=3Dallwords&searchby=3Dkeywords&r=3D0.8157617). > So can anyone tell me if i can get a SATA disk run? I don=AEt want to > boot from it, just read and write. Buying a new disk only for windows > use is wasted money We're having a pretty lengthy discussion about these controllers on this list right now. I suggest you read the archives. Bottom line, the controller is supported, but it's problematic. The ATA maintainer has working controllers, but there are those of us that experience data corruption, and at least one user that can't use his drive at all when connected to said controller. Joe >=20 > Greetings HaggeL :) >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-TXBIGGyhTFTTlwi7n9Ct Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/yi+Fb2iPiv4Uz4cRAm83AJ0RR7hIYb5tVPeF5HyZqReuTF2odACbBBIG e8xw8aG0ZMb5LumPufZtz+E= =evU6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TXBIGGyhTFTTlwi7n9Ct--
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