On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:03:37 -0500, Matthew Galloway Jr wrote:
> Hey guys and gals,
>
> I just bought an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe board and it has the Silicon Image
> Controller in it and it seems that the bare.i kernel doesn't see it. Now
> previous I had the A7N8X-E Deluxe board that had the Silicon Image 3112
> controller and I installed 10.0 without issue. I was pretty much under
> the impression that the 3114 just had 4 sata sockets instead of the 2
> that the 3112 has.
>
> So, Anyone work with this controller before and have any advice? I have
> googled my brians out and really don't see an answer per say so I
> figured I would consult a more central forum....being here :-D

I have an ASUS board coming in a few days. My understanding is to use the
2.6.10 sata kernel for install vs. bare.i. Unfortunately this is still in
the planning stage and I cannot speak from experience.

It appears there have been major changes in the handling of SATA from 2.4.xx
to 2.6.10.

Rinaldi
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