Re: SATA DVD-Drive

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:06:20 +0930
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Nathan Butcher wrote:
> > I haven't checked if "Remap memory" is set on my system though.. I
> > will check soon.
>
> I don't think I have this option on my motherboard's BIOS.
>
> BTW, I am running with a Silicon Image 3124 chipset 4 port SATA-II
> card now (of generic Taiwanese make), and have had no issues with it.
> Seems like a good chipset for cheap ZFS on CURRENT. Fingers crossed,
> the driver won't break until RELEASE.

Silicon Image leave a bad taste in my mouth after the Sil3112 :)

If I get some time I will try a binary search and find when the JMicron 
stopped working in -current.

> > I hadn't noticed any problem with video in 6.2 but I haven't used
> > it much (VESA only so it's slow)
>
> The G33 Intel on-board graphics chipset on my motherboard should now
> be supported in Xorg 7.3 with the latest xorg "intel" driver -- if
> only I could get xorg to start up in CURRENT without locking up my
> system.

Ahh.. fun :-/

I have a system which I think needs Xorg 7.3 to work, at the moment it's 
stuck with VESA.

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