From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 15:12:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D43416A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:12:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.covadmail.net (mx06.covadmail.net [63.65.120.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E67143D31 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from strick@covad.net) Received: (covad.net 17182 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2004 23:12:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mist.nodomain) (strick@covad.net@67.101.98.176) by sun-qmail01 with SMTP; 18 Mar 2004 23:12:35 -0000 Received: from mist.nodomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mist.nodomain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2INCbCC000652; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:12:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@mist.nodomain) Received: (from dan@localhost) by mist.nodomain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i2INCb52000651; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:12:37 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Strick Message-Id: <200403182312.i2INCb52000651@mist.nodomain> To: tonylay@hotmail.com cc: dan@mist.nodomain cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 865PERL SATA and FreeBSD 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:12:41 -0000 On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:35:42 -0500, tony lay wrote: >> > ... > I have a new box that I put together with an Intel 865PERL motherboard. > ... > Enough of an explination, here's my question: > In order to get SATA support I have to switch to Legacy Support in the BIOS. > Install FreeBSD 5.2.1 #OK > Rebuild my kernel with Jeff Garzik's libata driver #UH HUH > Install Linux on an IDE drive with the new support #Right? > Flip on SATA (Disable Legacy) in BIOS #Right? > > Now as for mirroring...the perl865 lists the windows driver as Intel 82801ER > ICH5-R or 82801EB ICH5 > ... >> FreeBSD 5.2.1 ought to work out of the box with Intel 865 (ICH5) SATA in "native" mode providing that you keep ACPI enabled. (At least this was my experience. I cannot use 5.2.1 because my Intel ethernet controller does not work with ACPI and disabling ACPI breaks my ICH5 SATA in native mode. I have to use it in native mode because I also have three PATA devices. Therefore at the moment I can only use FreeBSD release 4.9. My problems may be due in part to BIOS bugs. Since I don't use an Intel 865PERL motherboard, you will probably have an entirely different set of problems.) If your version of Linux also supports native mode ICH5 SATA, you should not have to mess around with legacy mode. If your motherboard uses the ICH5R (Intel part 82801ER) rather than the plain ICH5 (Intel part 82801EB), it supports some very limited form of RAID. I don't know if FreeBSD 5.2.1 or Linux supports the hardware RAID features. (seems unlikely) If not, it would probably be a mistake to try to share the drives with a Windows OS using a RAID driver. Dan Strick strick@covad.net