Hi, On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:47:16PM +0800, yoke an wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > > > We have recently purchased Tyan Transport GX21 (B2735G21S2) > with Tiger > > > i7501R S2735-8M motherboard. I'm trying to install FreeBSD v4.8 > but it > > > cannot detect my hard disk during the installation. I think the > > > problem should be the SATA driver. Coz I'm currently using SATA > > > instead of IDE/ATAPI. > > > > > > Is FreeBSD v4.8 support SATA or any available free downld > driver for > > > SATA? Can I use "ICH5-R SATA Chip driver " for supporting > FreeBSD > > > v4.8? If yes, where can i downld it? > > > > > > >Could you try 5.3? I think 4.8 does not support SATA well, if at all. > On > >contrary, I am using SATA on 5.3 without problems, the last time I > tried 4.10 > >all I got was unknown disk or something like this. > > >Milan > > Thanks. I knew 5.3 is work very well. But due to my application that > only support 4.8, so I need a way out to install 4.8.
I think this won't cause problem. Actually, even if you need a full 4.x userland, it's possible to get it through jail(8), I run FreeBSD 4.5, 4.8, 4.10 on our company's buildbox which runs 6-CURRENT and have no problem... What's the *exact* problem? Most issues can be resolved through the kernel compatibility mechansim with COMPAT_4X libraries, so maybe we can help out if you want to share more details :-) Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information.
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