Re: Linux PCI-IDE Driver porting to sol9 x86

From: levyte357 (levyte357_at_NOSPAM_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:36:17 GMT

"Andrzej Popielewicz" <vasco@icpnet.pl> wrote in message
news:cjoppg$9g2$1@sunflower.man.poznan.pl...
> Użytkownik levyte357 napisał:
> >
> > May try installing with disk connected to Mainboard IDE, then
reconnecting
> > disk to PCI-IDE card after install...
> > >
>
> I do not think it will change. But why do You want to use this PCI-IDE
> controller instead of onboard Mainboard-IDE ? Is it faster ?
>

Its an old but nippy machine with BX chipset, but onboard ide only does
udma33 and limited large
disk support. It does work with my current 20 gig disk, But I have a
new127gig ATA100 7200 rpm
 waiting for solaris.

> I would try to do the following :
> During boot press ESC, then allow for scan, and finally You are
> presented with the list of boot devices . Press F4 - boot tasks, then
> choose setting properties , and then in the list of properties set
> pciide="false".

Update: With Sol9 installed, I connected HD to controller and booted up as
far as partition boot menu, selected SOL partition, then boot went straight
into Device Config Assistant.

I have installed the latest (I think) release of sol 9x86 (9/04 ?), so it
seems to
go into assistant by default. Maybe if I could avoid this might be some
progress.

"Probing" identifies "PCI:Mass Storage Controller" but Select boot device
screen
does not show any other device to boot from apart from CDROM (on mboard IDE)
and NET card.

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