>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, yoke an wrote: > > > > > >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, 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? > > > > > > > > HW spec: > > > > HDD model: Seagate, ST380013AS. > > > > Motherboard : Tiger i7501R S2735-8M > > > > > > > > Hope the above info is sufficient for you. > > > > > > > > Thank you so much > > > > > > > > rgds Ann > > > > > >As others have said, you probably are better off with getting your > > >application to run under 5.3. However, assuming that this motherboard > > is > > >using an ICH5 southbridge, you should be able to configure the BIOS to > > run > > >the SATA channels in legacy mode. To do this, go to the IDE > > Configuration > > >menu and make sure that the 'Enhanced mode' setting is off and that > > Legacy > > >Configuation setting is either in 'S-ATA' only or 'P-ATA and > > S-ATA'. This > > >will make your sata disks appear to be normal IDE drives, but you'll > > loose > > >access to one or both of your normal IDE channels, depending on which > > >option you pick. > > > > > >I'm not guaranteeing that this will work, but it's easy to try. If you > > >decide to go with FreeBSD 5.3 then you'll want to reset the BIOS to > > >Enhanced mode. > > > > > >Scott > > My motherboard is using an ICH5 southbridge and your suggestion is works. > > As you said, my sata disks appear to be normal IDE drives but it is not > > running on Raid mode. Currently I'm having 2 HDD, if I do this option, > > it cannot syn with another HDD. Any better suggestion? > > > >This is the best that you can get under FreeBSD 4.x. If you need access >to both IDE channels and SATA at the same time, you'll have to use FreeBSD >5.x. > >Scott >
I'm thinking if I install freebsd 4.8 via IDE. Later I do the installation for SATA driver and switch my HDD to SATA mode, will that work? Anybody experience this?
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