Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:34:02 -0500 From: "Lynn A. Roth" <lynnr.junk@interactivefs.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems Installing to PowerEdge 850 with SATA Drive Message-ID: <dkq9ga$75j$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <200511071835.jA7IZHuV081505@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Doug Ambrisko writes: > | Doug Ambrisko writes: > | | Lynn A. Roth writes: > | | | I have two new Dell Poweredge 850 machines. They have an Intel ICH7 > | | | chipset. When I boot FreeBSD 6 RC1, the controller is identified, but > | | | any drives connected to the SATA ports are not detected. The drive that > | | | is included with the system is a Seagate 7200.7 drive. I also tried a > | | | Maxtor. > | | > | | I can confirm the problem on the PE850. I have it working with my > | | latest 4.X SATA patches (which I haven't published yet). I might > | | be able to look into this. > | | > > Here's a hack to make it work on PE850: > <snip> > > This works for me on my PE850. It shouldn't break other stuff etc. > I assume the ICH6 will need the same type of change. > > Doug A. Thanks for this patch. Scott from pfSense integrated this into his kernel and it worked great for me. Thanks again. Lynn Roth Interactive Financial Solutions, Inc.home | help
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