In article <h4rlt9$4di$1 at softins.clara.co.uk>, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.clara.co.uk> wrote: > In article <4A700F7A.6070400 at krediidipank.ee>, > Veiko Kukk <veiko.kukk at krediidipank.ee> wrote: > > Tony Mountifield wrote: > > > That's probably why. To use AHCI you need to set it to RAID mode. > > > Having done that, you can still use the drives independently if you > > > prefer kernel RAID; you just have to go into the BIOS RAID setup and > > > set the drives to JBOD mode (or something like that), by telling it > > > to remove all RAID information from the drives. > > > > I don't think so, because I have another DL320 (older G3 version) with > > same bios setup (sata mode). On that G3, ahci is working. > > Well I haven't used that particular server, but was describing what I have > found with other HP models (ML110 or DL360). On at least one of them, > possibly both, I found that if I had the RAID mode turned off in the BIOS, > then it only picked up the ata_piix driver, not ahci. Ok, I've now checked up and it was the ML110 where I discovered that behaviour. The DL360 I worked with was completely different, using a driver called cciss. Sorry for the misinformation. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org