On Sat Feb 16 01:41:26 EST 2013, dchawla@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm trying to install Plan9 on my Thinkpad T410. I could boot using the
> latest Plan9.iso image and the install process gets to the diskpart step
> (the step after the configfs step) and it complains about not seeing any
> hard disks.
>
> I have Linux installed in one of the partitions and it shows the following
> sata controller
>
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
> Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b2f] (rev 06)
>
> I'm new to Plan 9. Any suggestions on how to debug this issue?
>
> I see two modes for SATA - AHCI and Compatibility. The above behavior is
> when SATA is in the AHCI mode. In the Compatibility mode, the install fails
> earlier - boots from CD, but can't access it after that.

could you send the output of
        grep . /dev/sd*/ctl

thanks!

- erik