[ug-bosug] Problem installing Solaris 10 on AMD64 bit Desktop

[Raju Kl]

Hi
The motherboard includes the SATA RAID controller in SiS 965L 
southbridge chipset. It supports RAID0 and RAID1 with 2 independent 
serial ATA channels.  Is this information enough?

Cheers
rkl


Pavan T C wrote:

> Venky wrote:
>
>>>> I am sure the Hard disk is connected.  I can say this for sure, 
>>>> because I had installed FreeBSD some days back (which is still 
>>>> working).  Can someone tell me what mistake I may have made.  Also 
>>>> the installation DVD is 32 bit one.  Is a 64 bit one for AMD 64 
>>>> available?  Is it the 32 bit version of the OS that is causing the 
>>>> problem?
>>>
>>>
>>> I would suggest, you try solaris express or Belenix. From what I 
>>> know, there are quite a bag of issues with solaris 10 on custom boxes.
>>> The driver list on solaris 10 is way too low when compared to what 
>>> is there on the belenix CD or solaris express. Moinak should be able 
>>> to tell you about how to install from the belenix CD. That would be 
>>> another option.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah.  I'm not sure about SATA support in Solaris 10, but the newer
>> Solaris Express builds and BeleniX support SATA.  You might also
>
>
> There *is* SATA support in Solaris 10, but the controllers that are 
> supported are few. Some silicon image controllers are supported. Work 
> on new controllers is happening.
>
> If more information can be given on the SATA controller that has the 
> problem with Solaris 10, I can prob'ly provide more info.
>
> Regards,
> Pavan
>
>> want to try turning on PATA emulation in your BIOS, if possible.  If
>> that works, at least we know it is a SATA issue.
>
>
>
>>
>> Venky.
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