Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-12 Thread Volker A. Brandt
> > Can you see the external disk in the BIOS? > > Yes, the BIOS can see all drives. That's good. > Interestingly, however, the system can not only not see the external > drive, it can't see the system drive either... all it can see on the > sata channels are the three data drives... Did you d

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-12 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 11/12/2012 08:32 PM, Michelle Knight wrote: > On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:30:23 +0100 > v...@bb-c.de (Volker A. Brandt) wrote: > >>> I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L >>> system. >>> >>> At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external >>> drive,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-12 Thread Michelle Knight
On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:30:23 +0100 v...@bb-c.de (Volker A. Brandt) wrote: > > I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L > > system. > > > > At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external > > drive, but when I hook up a drive through it and issue cfga

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Stephan Budach
Am 11.11.12 20:16, schrieb Jim Klimov: On 2012-11-11 20:00, Stephan Budach wrote: +1 - flashing the N40L BIOS is a must. I did that on three units myself and it was really easy using a USB thumb drive. I also just crammed 16 GB of RAM into my unit at home, which really made a big difference, si

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-11 20:00, Stephan Budach wrote: +1 - flashing the N40L BIOS is a must. I did that on three units myself and it was really easy using a USB thumb drive. I also just crammed 16 GB of RAM into my unit at home, which really made a big difference, since I am also running Vbox on it. :)

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Stephan Budach
Am 11.11.12 19:09, schrieb Sašo Kiselkov: On 11/11/2012 02:02 PM, Michelle Knight wrote: Hi Folks, I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L system. At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external drive, but when I hook up a drive through it and is

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 11/11/2012 02:02 PM, Michelle Knight wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L > system. > > At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external > drive, but when I hook up a drive through it and issue cfgadm -lav I > can't see i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Volker A. Brandt
> I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L > system. > > At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external > drive, but when I hook up a drive through it and issue cfgadm -lav I > can't see it on any channel. Can you see the external disk in the BIOS?

[OpenIndiana-discuss] N40L rear e-sata

2012-11-11 Thread Michelle Knight
Hi Folks, I made a new installation of OI a couple of weeks ago, on a HP N40L system. At the back is an e-sata port that I want to hook up to an external drive, but when I hook up a drive through it and issue cfgadm -lav I can't see it on any channel. Does anyone have any experience/advice pleas