On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:43:24 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 07:30:07PM +0000, Camale?n wrote:
>> > 0001:10:12.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3124 PCI-X >> > Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) >> >> Just a hint: check the BIOS of the card (you usually get there by >> pressing F8 key) and look whether it has been setup to function as a >> RAID device or JBOD. >> >> My "wild guess" is that a RAID configuration could be a bit problematic >> and thus avoiding/interfering the communication with external e-sata >> ports. > > That's an interesting thought, but it's a bit complicated by the fact > that the old hardware in question is a G4-era Mac. Any idea how to check > on that without a BIOS? I literally have no PC hardware available. Ouch! :-) I have not "played" with PowerPC architecture so I cannot tell :-? If you have no way to enter into the BIOS of the card then my hint can go directly into "/dev/null" ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
