From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 18 21:05:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAEA16A418 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:05:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jaco@videoafrica.co.za) Received: from ctb-mesg8.saix.net (ctb-mesg8.saix.net [196.25.240.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513C413C4D5 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:05:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jaco@videoafrica.co.za) Received: from jacolaptop (dsl-243-173-209.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.173.209]) by ctb-mesg8.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945912A76 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:29:23 +0200 (SAST) From: "Jaco le Roux" To: Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:29:18 +0200 Message-ID: <000001c8726c$f105c220$d3114660$@co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AchyTccZfiL3MKMnR+GNEG/vdRJYpAAHrUwA Content-Language: en-za x-cr-hashedpuzzle: AVuA A1yt BSBt CO78 CuG7 C+5M D9o0 EkUK HrDF H7Iy InlO JSTX Kdbq KoAw Lj4Q MIW0; 1; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnAA==; Sosha1_v1; 7; {9F501694-80E1-4645-A0FC-276C85959276}; agBhAGMAbwBAAHYAaQBkAGUAbwBhAGYAcgBpAGMAYQAuAGMAbwAuAHoAYQA=; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:29:10 GMT; UwB1AHAAcABvAHIAdAAgAGYAbwByACAAQQBzAHUAcwAgAFAANABTADgAMAAwAEQALQBFAA== x-cr-puzzleid: {9F501694-80E1-4645-A0FC-276C85959276} Subject: Support for Asus P4S800D-E 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: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:05:27 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on a system with a Asus P4S800D-E motherboard. I believe it uses the SiS 955TX chipset to control the hard disks. When I enter the sysinstall utility to do a Standard Install, sysinstall does not recognise my hard disk. This is because the SATA hard drive runs off its SATA controller and is not normally seen by OS's unless 3rd party software/drivers is loaded. There is no FreeBSD support on the SiS website, however I found another thread: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2004-06/2737.html in which the guy clearly states he got the same motherboard working in FreeBSD. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'll appreciate any help, thanks. PS: I'm using MS outlook to write this message, and tried to format everything as plain text. If it still comes out whack on UNIX systems, please advise me and I'll try something better next time.