Hi Steve, I also have an Asus P5Q motherboard (not "SE2") and an Asus EN6200LE/TC video card. I have been able to install from a sata dvd+rw drive in both IDE and AHCI mode, using the sata ports connected to the ICH10R. IDE compatability mode works with the official distribution, but without dma so it's quite slow. I was able to install in AHCI mode using erik quanstroms 9atom.iso, which was a lot faster.
I was able to get the right resolution for my screen by running 'aux/vga -m vesa -p > foo' in console mode, and adding part of the output as an entry in /lib/vgadb (it should look pretty similar to the existing entries, with only some slight changes required). I don't think the on-board network adapter is supported (Atheros AR81xx), I use a gigabit intel nic. I haven't really looked at the onboard audio, I use an usb sound card. I have had some problems using the box as a cpu server, as it would freeze up from time to time. It does however make a great terminal. Web browsing with opera 10.10 in linuxemu is fast and responsive, and I can play movies using ffmpeg (uses a lot of cpu). This really covers most of my needs and wants :) Good luck, Andreas > Hi, > > after reading a lot of chip sets I was thinking: > > No risk, no fun > > and bought a very new motherboard. The board is > an Asus P5Q SE2 with Intel P45 and ICH10. > > http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=T4T7B10FfR6zJ4Ns&templete=2 > > Here my results: > > 1. The installation of Plan 9 is not possible. I found > that the Marvell 88se61xx IDE controller is not working. > The message: > pcirouting: ignoring south bridge PCI.0.31.0 8086/3A18 > > could give more information. However: Installation with an > normal IDE cdrom is not possible. I will buy a SATA cdrom > and try it again. > > 2. The AHCI-driver works fine and Plan 9 runs like a storm. > I have the SATA drive attached to a Sil 3114 controller and > put both in an old PIII maschine. Booting and installation > of Plan 9 is slow but works fine. After that I connected the > drive back to the Asus board and changed the bios settings to > AHCI. Then I crossed the fingers and booted. It worked! I am > very happy! Now I have a very new fast motherboard with a > running Plan 9. > > I use a nvidia 6200TC videocard. Here I have a problem with > the monitor setting. My Acer TTF need 1440 x 900. I changed > the plan9.ini to e198wfp as monitor and 1440x900x8 as vgasize. > Not a good idea. Now I can see anything. > > Now my questions: > > How can I stop starting rc and go to the console? Booting from > cdrom is not possible at the moment. > > Any idea for the setting for my videocard/monitor? > > Is it right that I can attach a SATA cdrom to the AHCI driver > and booting from cdrom works? > > The ICH10 seems to works in AHCI mode. Are there some test that I > can make to verify this? > > Regards, > Wolfgang > > > > >
