Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18

From: Lennart Sorensen
Date: Wed Jan 10 2007 - 13:00:46 EST


On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:56:05PM +0100, Prakash Punnoor wrote:
> Intel wants you to buy hw with ICH8R. ICH8 isn't get the advanced features for
> free....

But the BIOS has AHCI mode as an option. I don't want their fake raid,
just ahci. That isn't an advanced feature, it is native mode. :)

> To get the driver going: Put your hd to the jmicron, install driver, put hd
> back to ich8...

Hmm, could try that, assuming the jmicron controller doesn't mind. Of
course the jmicron can also be set to ahci mode (not that I have an ahci
driver for it either under windows).

--
Len Sorensen
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