[OpenIndiana-discuss] sata hba choice

[Dave Pooser]

On 8/24/12 10:54 AM, "Dan Swartzendruber" <dswartz at druber.com> wrote:

>A little caveat here: if you haven't read the right articles on the
>right forums, it seems the application that has to be run to reflash
>this can be cantankerous about which motherboards it runs (believe it or
>not.)

The current app is problematic if you're using it with a modern
motherboard. On the other hand, if you can boot into Windows you can use
the P7 version (found at
P7_9211_8i_Package_For_P7_Firmware_BIOS_Upgrade_on_MSDOS_and_Windows.zip)
to flash it to IT firmware, and then can upgrade to a modern firmware.
It's a little (okay, a LOT) goofy, but it works.
-- 
Dave Pooser
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