[OpenIndiana-discuss] E-sata PCIe card problems

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

The motherboard BIOS setting only controls the integrated SATA
controller - it won't do *anything* for discrete SATA controllers on
separate cards.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 15:59, Michelle Knight <michelle at msknight.com> wrote:
>
>>      Hi,
>>
>>      The BIOS is software  built into the PC.
>
> Ah, the BIOS for the motherboard.
>
> I'd have thought it possible to bind AHCI on a controller by controller basis.
> The cards have their own BIOS, and one of the other cards which was sent back,
> allowed me to get in to its own BIOS and adjust its settings.
>
> I'll try changing the motherboard setting next time I reboot it, but I'm not
> sure if that will give me problems booting off the system drives, though.
>
> Anyway, I'm up to try anything at the moment! Nothing to lose.

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