From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264254AbUFCR30 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:29:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264278AbUFCR2h (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:28:37 -0400 Received: from poros.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.44]:40904 "EHLO poros.telenet-ops.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263325AbUFCRQC (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:16:02 -0400 From: Jan De Luyck To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.6] ICH5 SATA problems [solved] Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:15:56 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200406030642.16890.lkml@kcore.org> In-Reply-To: <200406030642.16890.lkml@kcore.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406031915.57397.lkml@kcore.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:42, Jan De Luyck wrote: > Hello List, > > A friend of mine is trying to get both SATA and PATA working together on > his Siemens box. The bios has a bunch of settings concering sata/pata, > being: > - SATA Standard (which is bootable by the bios). When this is selected, > another setting is available * Sata 1/2 only > * sata 1/2 + pata 3/4 > * pata 1/2 + sata 1/2 I've since then contacted Siemens on this issue, they tell me that with Sata Standard, the bios makes up the entire IDE system of what you select: 2 sata ports, or 2 sata + 2 pata ports. It can't support more than 4 ports and still boot from it. If you want them all, first upgrade the bios to the latest version and put it on "OS Only". Both work as a charm now. Thanks anyway ;-) Jan -- Every time I think I know where it's at, they move it.