Can't get SATA controller to work for Solaris 10 (IDE OK)

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cdmonline
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Can't get SATA controller to work for Solaris 10 (IDE OK)

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Running VirtualBox 2.1.0 on OS X 10.5.6 with 3Gig of RAM
Guest OS: Solaris 10 (sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd_001).

Each time I try to add a SATA disk, Solaris boots and displays the following message early on for each SATA disk configured:

ahci_port_reset: port 0 BSY bit is not set after COMINIT signal is received

(when multiple SATA drives are configured, the port number increments with each message)

After a time-out period, the boot does continue and the OS comes up but none of the SATA drives can be seen (even after running devfsadm).

I have everything (except 3D Accelleration) switched on. Here's the configuration:

General
Name
Solaris 10
OS Type
Solaris
Base Memory
1024 MB
Video Memory
64 MB
Boot Order
Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk
ACPI
Enabled
IO APIC
Enabled
VT-x/AMD-V
Enabled
PAE/NX
Enabled
3D Acceleration
Disabled

Hard Disks
IDE Primary Master
Solaris 10.vdi (Normal, 16.00 GB)
IDE Primary Slave
Solaris 10 200m 1.vdi (Normal, 200.00 MB)
IDE Secondary Slave
Solaris 10 200m 2.vdi (Normal, 200.00 MB)
SATA Port 0
Solaris 10 200m 3.vdi (Normal, 200.00 MB)

CD/DVD-ROM
Image
VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

Floppy
Not mounted

Audio
Disabled

Network
Adapter 1
Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT)

Serial Ports
Disabled

USB
Disabled

Shared Folders
None

Remote Display
Disabled

Has anyone else seen this behavior?

- CDM
cdmonline
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Joined: 9. Jan 2009, 15:10

Post by cdmonline »

Has anyone ever been able to get any SATA drives working on Solaris 10?

- CDM
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