Re: SATA driver for SCO Openserver?

From: John DuBois (spcecdt_at_armory.com)
Date: 05/08/05

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    In article <uEOee.2382$6E.1596@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
    Bob Bailin <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote:
    >
    ><Jerry@Trick.com> wrote in message news:5pom71tl8gbge4jconsl1p325ghhk5aiec@4ax.com...
    >> On Thu, 05 May 2005 20:20:45 GMT, "Bob Bailin"
    >> <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>
    >>><Jerry@Trick.com> wrote in message news:fbuk71pqf8err5cfqaf727fl9t1o2acil5@4ax.com...
    >>>> Systems with SATA hard drives are creeping into our
    >>>> inventory. We are getting Dell PowerEdge 800s with
    >>>> Intel SATA controllers on the mainboard.
    >>>> When trying to load 506 or 507, they both say they can't
    >>>> find a hard drive controller.
    >>>>
    >>>> Linux loads great BUT I don't want to start using
    >>>> Linux if I can avoid it. Despite all the garbage I hear/
    >>>> read, I still trust SCO for dependability. Besides, I know
    >>>> it better.
    >>>>
    >>>> Does SCO have a btld driver for them?
    >>>
    >>>Not yet, but you can go into the BIOS and set the SATA
    >>>controller to legacy mode, and it will emulate a standard
    >>>EIDE (PATA) controller (wd driver).
    >>
    >[...]
    >>
    >> By the way, the BIOS changes is "no dice".
    >>
    >> Bummer.
    >
    >The BIOS change should have worked unless you're using
    >a drive > 137GB. Check your motherboard manufacturer
    >for the latest BIOS update. Also try installing 5.0.7 with
    >a newer version of wd driver, from:
    >
    >ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/507/drivers/wd.suppcd3/

    Whether there's a legacy mode that allows SATA drives to work depends on the
    chipset. With the above driver (under 5.0.6), I'm using a 400GB SATA drive on
    a system with ICH5R SATA ports.

            John 

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