-----Original Message----- From: m.roth@5-cent.us Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 14:50
Jason Pyeron wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Pyeron Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 18:16
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 17:34 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install Centos 6 x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge 2970 and aSSD (hardware probing issues)
On 8/31/2014 2:03 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote:
Yes. They support internal SATA drives, we are changing
from spinning drives to SSD. I am working with Dell to get a BIOS patch, but I wont hold my breath.
is the SATA interface in AHCI mode or legacy IDE emulation?
Good question, I will ask Dell. The BIOS only has Off and Auto as choices. Is there a preference I should shoot for?
So the dell tech says it only supports ATA (IDE) mode.
[Sorry for the
accidental forward]
Now I have to find an alternative to supporting a SSD boot
device on a
SATA port in IDE (ATA) mode.
Ok, I see - it's an old 2970 - I see the manuals on Dell's site were last revised in 2011. We got rid of all our 2950's (except for one, I think, or two, and they're another team's). IIRC, they did have a choice of AHCI or RAID, and I think there may have been one other option. Unless this is
I think that is on the PERC contoller. The Onboard SATA A/B ports are the issue.
*really* old, I can't imagine that they actually have a physical IDE or EIDE interface, so there should be some way around this.
We have some with 40 pin IDE, but I am ignoring them.
Both IDE and SATA mother boards have the same BIOS version!?!?!
-Jason
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