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Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.
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Has you try to put the sata controller in legacy pata or something like?=20
I had the same problem with my Linux and I changed to pata and all works=20
fine. The AHCI mode do not run with me.

slds.

Armando Camarero escribi=F3:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to install Plan 9 on my new computer and I'm having trouble=20
> with the SATA controller.
>
> If I have AHCI mode enabled in BIOS:
> - Booting the install CD only gets to:
>    PBS1...Bad format or I/O error
>
> - Booting using a floppy:
>    9load seems to load fine, and it even detects the SATA controller=20
> printing
>    sdiahci: drive 0 in state ready after 0 resets
>    (it does the same for drive 1, wich should be the DVD drive).
>
> But it only lists fd0 as valid boot source.
>
> Following advice from people in #plan9 I disabled AHCI mode and went=20
> for legacy mode:
> - Install CD booted fine. I could even partition the hard disk. But it=20
> can't copy files as it begins throwing lots of I/O errrors while=20
> copying files. I tried with DMA enabled and disabled.
>
> I switched back to AHCI mode and tried booting the floppy again. Now=20
> it shows fd0 and sdE0!9fat as boot devices (9fat partiton is empty, so=20
> I can't boot). It seems in AHCI mode it can access hard disk just=20
> fine, but it can't access the DVD drive.
>
> Both hard disk and DVD drive are connected via SATA to the ICH9=20
> controller.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Armando.
>
>