[s-x86] Re: HELP: 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64/ ATA 66 Controller Card

[Michael Riley <mikeri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 19:14:40 -0800
> From: "TNT" <soundop@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: solarisonintel@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [s-x86] HELP:  32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64/ ATA 66 Controller Card
> 
> Hello,
> 
>     I have a 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 graphics card. My knowledge of
> graphics
> cards is limited so would anyone know what this card would correspond to
> on the Hardware Compitability List? I read posts which mentiond the
> Riva TNT2.
> Is this the same card? What about the Viper 770?
> 
>     Also there is a ATA 66 PCI controller card on my computer. My EIDE
> based hard drive connects to this controller card instead of the
> regular IDE slot on the motherboard. In this configuration, the install
> programs for Solaris 7(11/99) and Solaris 8 EA can not find my hard
> drive. If I switch the hard drive to connect to the IDE controller on
> the motherboard. Solaris can find my
> hard drive. Is there a way to get Solaris to recognize my hard drive
> when it is connected to the ATA 66 controller? Thank you.
> 
> 
>     I'm running Solaris 8 EA. I also have Solaris 7 x86 (11/99).
> 
>      Any help which can be provided would be greatly appreciated.
>      Please respond to: soundop@xxxxxxxxx
> 
>      FT

That video card is not supported at this time.  You will need to get an
XFre86 or XiG driver package for it.

I don't use ATA drives in my system, but I am guessing that we are not yet
supporting the ATA 66 interfaces yet.  I had heard that Solaris 8 does use
the DMA mode for ATA 33 now, but that is just hearsay.  I would have to see
the code to eb 100% sure.

Mike


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