From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 19:21:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16533106566C for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:21:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from imr-ma02.mx.aol.com (imr-ma02.mx.aol.com [64.12.206.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81058FC17 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:21:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (imo-ma02.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.137]) by imr-ma02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id oAPJLKlh032501 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:20 -0500 Received: from dieterbsd@engineer.com by imo-ma02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id n.fce.47e91a7 (56012) for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com [64.12.143.155]) by cia-md07.mx.aol.com (v129.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMD076-d41b4ceeb72333c; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:13 -0500 Received: from web-mmc-d05 (web-mmc-d05.sim.aol.com [205.188.103.95]) by smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (v129.5) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMD021-d41b4ceeb72333c; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:07 -0500 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:07 -0500 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 67.206.164.6 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: dieterbsd@engineer.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: Mail.com Webmail 32945-STANDARD Received: from 67.206.164.6 by web-mmc-d05.sysops.aol.com (205.188.103.95) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:07 -0500 Message-Id: <8CD5AED0B7F3043-1204-1A691@web-mmc-d05.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: dieterbsd@engineer.com Subject: Re: 12 SATA ports via PCI-X slots X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:21:22 -0000 >>> - The optional BIOS ROMs don't play nice with other extension cards >>> you >>> might have on a busy system. You might want to disable them and=20 leave >>> the disk initialization to FreeBSD. >> >> How does one disable the BIOS ROMs on expansion cards? Is this >> specific to the AOC-SAT2-MV8, or can you do this on the mainboard? >> Sounds like the sort of thing they would hide in the mainboard BIOS >> somewhere. I have a couple of JMB363 cards that I think would work >> better without the BIOS ROMs. Unfortunately I have never run across >> any sort of "turn off expansion card BIOS ROM" option. > > Yes, you should be able to disable this from the mainboard by saying=20 you > don't want to use the Option ROM on Slot #X. Took the machine down and waded through the BIOS menus. The Phoenix AwardBIOS does not appear to have this feature. :-( Thanks anyway.