Re: [9fans] Installing Plan 9 on a ICH9 SATA controller.

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

you're welcome.  i'm glad you had success.  i apologize that things
aren't yet seamless.

i think you've uncovered some dirt in the cracks.  intel's zeal for
multiple programming interfaces does cause trouble in some cases.

happy hacking.

- erik

> Thank you, Erik, :) it seems that your driver is working perfectly. The
> problem must be in the driver Plan 9 uses when the controller is working
> in legacy mode (I suppose sdiahci isn't responsible for that).
>
> Apart from that, I had problems with multiprocessor mode (but I think
> it's because I use the vesa video driver). And I had problems also with
> the kernel the installation copied, wich seemed to use kfs instead of
> fossil.
>
> Why doesn't install floppy include the sdiahci driver?
>
> I don't know if other people have problems installing Plan 9 because of
> this. In my case, the main problem was that install CD wouldn't boot in
> AHCI mode. And if I didn't use AHCI, I got I/O errors during install.