Jason Pyeron wrote: >> From: m.roth at 5-cent.us >> Jason Pyeron wrote: >> >> From: Jason Pyeron >> >> > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce >> >> > 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. Dumb question: these machines are getting very long in the tooth, but you're putting SSD's in them? New, or newer machines, would solve a lot of problems.... >> >> > >> >> > 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. Nope. That's the kind of stuff that's only in the BIOS - it's certainly not on a PERC. <snip> > We have some with 40 pin IDE, but I am ignoring them. And to that I have one response: MTBF. You need to talk to management about spending some money.... > > Both IDE and SATA mother boards have the same BIOS version!?!?! > Presumably from when the switchover was happening. Hmmmm... have you spoken to Dell, or looked on their website, for a firmware update for the BIOS? mark