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

2008-03-30 Thread erik quanstrom
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

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

2008-03-30 Thread Armando Camarero
I finally installed it! The I/O problems I got were using the controller in legacy mode. But in AHCI mode the install CD wouldn't boot ("PBS1...Bad format or I/O error"). So I built a 9pcflop.gz wich included the sdiahci driver and used it instead of the one included in the floppy install image.

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

2008-03-30 Thread erik quanstrom
> > it sounds like you have either a bad drive or a cable problem. i > > would replace the sata cable first. it is also possible that you are > > having a problem with power management. but i don't know how to tell > > if you're using the ide interface. > > > I have Windows XP and Linux o

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

2008-03-30 Thread Armando Camarero
erik quanstrom escribió: it would be useful if you could send the output of lspci to me offline. there are many models of ich9. not all of them have the same properties. i do have an ich9r controller: 0.31.2: 01.06.01 8086/2922 10 0:1c51 16 1:1c45 16 2:1c49 16 3:1c41 16 4:000

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

2008-03-29 Thread erik quanstrom
it would be useful if you could send the output of lspci to me offline. there are many models of ich9. not all of them have the same properties. i do have an ich9r controller: 0.31.2: 01.06.01 8086/2922 10 0:1c51 16 1:1c45 16 2:1c49 16 3:1c41 16 4:18e1 32 5:d8d01000 2048 w

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

2008-03-29 Thread Rodolfo kix Garcia
Has you try to put the sata controller in legacy pata or something like? I had the same problem with my Linux and I changed to pata and all works fine. The AHCI mode do not run with me. slds. Armando Camarero escribió: Hi, I've tried to install Plan 9 on my new computer and I'm having troubl

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

2008-03-29 Thread Armando Camarero
Hi, I've tried to install Plan 9 on my new computer and I'm having trouble with the SATA controller. If I have AHCI mode enabled in BIOS: - Booting the install CD only gets to: PBS1...Bad format or I/O error - Booting using a floppy: 9load seems to load fine, and it even detects the SAT