[9fans] sata support

[9fans] sata support

[l l]

Hi,

I am trying to install plan9 with my 500GB sata2 hdd,
plan9 install cd seems couldn't recognized my hdd.

TIA

Re: [9fans] sata support

[erik quanstrom]

the plan 9 install didn't recognize your controller.  this could mean it's not
supported.  it could also mean that you just need to change some bios settings.

what chipset does your motherboard have?

- erik

On Mon Jul 30 06:11:06 EDT 2007, happyarch@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install plan9 with my 500GB sata2 hdd,
> plan9 install cd seems couldn't recognized my hdd.
> 
> TIA

Re: [9fans] sata support

[Gabriel Diaz]

hello

i have had problems too with sata, is your controller ahci capable?

try stardard mode, compatible mode settings on your bios and see if it works.

i have an intel ich7 without ahci and it works in standard mode, compatible mode

gabi


On 7/30/07, l l <happyarch@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install plan9 with my 500GB sata2 hdd,
> plan9 install cd seems couldn't recognized my hdd.
>
> TIA
>

Re: [9fans] sata support

[erik quanstrom]

On Mon Jul 30 14:24:41 EDT 2007, gabidiaz@gmail.com wrote:
> hello
> 
> i have had problems too with sata, is your controller ahci capable?
> 
> try stardard mode, compatible mode settings on your bios and see if it works.
> 
> i have an intel ich7 without ahci and it works in standard mode, compatible mode
> 
> gabi

i can verify that compatable mode does work, as long as
you don't mix sata and pata drives.

combined mode didn't work at all for me.

the sd63xxesb driver should drive any intel ahci sata.  it is
compatable with legacy-mode pata drives.  and it will
drive sata atapi devices.

i posted a list of intel southbridges taht are ahci-compatable
a few months ago.

- erik

[9fans] Re: sata support

[l l]

>
> what chipset does your motherboard have?
>
> - erik

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=571286

mainboard
http://pc.danawa.com/price_right.html?defSite=PC&cate1=861&cate2=875&cate3=969&cate4=0&pcode=471640

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Re: [9fans] Re: sata support

[erik quanstrom]

i think the problem is that the pci id in your motherboard is not recognized.

i think you will need the following lines added to /sys/src/9/pc/sdata.c and recompile
the kernel.  (to be sure, could you send me the output of pci from your machine.)
unfortunately, this will only be possible if you have another machine with plan 9 installed
on which to work.

if you don't i think this will need to be added to the distribution so a new install cd
can be created.  it's impractical for me to generate them.

i believe this chipset supports ahci.  unfortunately, i don't have one of these motherboards
to develop on.

- erik

/n/sources/plan9//sys/src/9/pc/sdata.c:1970,1976 - sdata.c:1970,1979
  		case (0x0054<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce4 SATA */
  		case (0x0055<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce4 SATA */
  		case (0x0266<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce4 430 SATA */
- 		case (0x0267<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce4 430 SATA */
+ 		case (0x0267<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce 55 MCP SATA */
+ 		case (0x03EC<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce 61 MCP SATA */
+ 		case (0x0448<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce 65 MCP SATA */
+ 		case (0x0560<<16)|0x10DE:	/* nVidia nForce 69 MCP SATA */
  			/*
  			 * Ditto, although it may have a different base
  			 * address for the registers (0x50?).

[9fans] Re: sata support

[l l]

> if you don't i think this will need to be added to the distribution so a new install cd
> can be created.  it's impractical for me to generate them.
>

Yes i can't.

> i believe this chipset supports ahci.  unfortunately, i don't have one of these motherboards
> to develop on.
>
> - erik

it supports ahci, linux ahci, raid, ide mode in bios

TIA