From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 17:39:25 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A3416A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:39:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 218FC43D31 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:39:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (scottl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pooker.samsco.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0JHhkmm031098; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:43:46 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (scottl@localhost)j0JHhjxn031095; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:43:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: pooker.samsco.org: scottl owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:43:45 -0700 (MST) From: Scott Long Sender: scottl@pooker.samsco.org To: yoke an In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050119103214.A27409@pooker.samsco.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd problem: Cannot detect Hard Disk (SATA) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:39:25 -0000 On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, yoke an wrote: > > Hi , > > We have recently purchased Tyan Transport GX21 (B2735G21S2) with Tiger > i7501R S2735-8M motherboard. I'm trying to install FreeBSD v4.8 but it > cannot detect my hard disk during the installation. I think the > problem should be the SATA driver. Coz I'm currently using SATA > instead of IDE/ATAPI. > > Is FreeBSD v4.8 support SATA or any available free downld driver for > SATA? Can I use "ICH5-R SATA Chip driver " for supporting FreeBSD > v4.8? If yes, where can i downld it? > > HW spec: > HDD model: Seagate, ST380013AS. > Motherboard : Tiger i7501R S2735-8M > > Hope the above info is sufficient for you. > > Thank you so much > > rgds Ann As others have said, you probably are better off with getting your application to run under 5.3. However, assuming that this motherboard is using an ICH5 southbridge, you should be able to configure the BIOS to run the SATA channels in legacy mode. To do this, go to the IDE Configuration menu and make sure that the 'Enhanced mode' setting is off and that Legacy Configuation setting is either in 'S-ATA' only or 'P-ATA and S-ATA'. This will make your sata disks appear to be normal IDE drives, but you'll loose access to one or both of your normal IDE channels, depending on which option you pick. I'm not guaranteeing that this will work, but it's easy to try. If you decide to go with FreeBSD 5.3 then you'll want to reset the BIOS to Enhanced mode. Scott