From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 13 23:37:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4BD416A41F; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:37:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 420E343D45; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:37:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jADNbZ6f059912; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:37:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A236CB822; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:37:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:37:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Murray Taylor Message-ID: <20051113233735.GC18557@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Murray Taylor , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053F5E@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053F5E@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help: Asus P5WD2 mobo and ITE IDE controller problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:37:43 -0000 --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:13:51AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I have had a system configured using this mobo and have hit a > showstopper. >=20 > The HDD (a seagate 330GB IDE) have been connected to the ITE IDE > controller > while the DVDrom has been connected to the primary IDE controller.=20 >=20 > It seems that the ITE device is a RAID controller, and the BIOS and > the 5.4 FreeBSD installer dont see the HDD at all. Which is not very > useful! The ASUS site doesn't mention what type the ITE controller is. According to the ata(4) manual page, only the IT8211F and IT8212F are supported. But according to the motherboard layout drawing in the manual, it is indeed a IT8211F, so it should be supported. Are you sure it is enabled? > The mobo has a SATA port as well, and the question is >=20 > Does 5.4 support SATA drives for install?=20 Yes. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDd84/EnfvsMMhpyURAlcHAJ9ZnzjD2iNBNJfh9xBagUS+K80lHACggq9w xkpaMWQnItYFpk1PS+mci3g= =ZlPs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--