Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:58:51 +1100 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Roland Smith" <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Help: Asus P5WD2 mobo and ITE IDE controller problem Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053F6C@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Smith [mailto:rsmith@xs4all.nl]=20 >=20 > 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=20 > > is not very useful! >=20 > The ASUS site doesn't mention what type the ITE controller=20 > is. According > to the ata(4) manual page, only the IT8211F and IT8212F are supported. >=20 > But according to the motherboard layout drawing in the manual, it is > indeed a IT8211F, so it should be supported. Are you sure it=20 > is enabled? >=20 I believe that it is 'enabled' in that there is a momentary flash of the ITE scanning and I think the disk is found as I reckon I can catch something like this ??? 0: ST3300???? UDMA? ??? 1: ??? 2: ??? 3: where the ? are characters I havent caught. But it never appears in the BIOS report. And the installer certainly=20 doesnt talk to it at all. > > The mobo has a SATA port as well, and the question is > >=20 > > Does 5.4 support SATA drives for install?=20 >=20 > Yes. >=20 > Roland > --=20 mjt --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.***
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