Re: back up account settings

["Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

»Q« wrote:
> The Real Bev <bashley101+moz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> > lspci | grep -i sata ; lspci | grep -i ide  
>> 
>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE 
>> Controller (rev 01)
>> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) 
>> Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
>> 02:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 
>> AHCI Controller (rev 02)
>> 
>> I remember something problematical about the JMicron thing, which is 
>> part of the motherboard.

Their newer boards use an updated Marvell controller which has different
problems...  And ICH9 which also is "enhanced" in strange and wonderful
ways.  I'm lucky to get 2 years out of a mobo, but generally keep a CPU
for as long as 4.

> I have the same sort of thing, with the JMicron controller on the board
> because the Intel chipset doesn't support RAID whereas the JMicron one
> does.  I don't need RAID, so I disable that controller in the BIOS.
> (That makes the rear eSATA port unusable, but I use the port on the
> front of the case, connected to one of the Intel SATA ports on the
> board.)  I mention it because disabling the JMicron controller /might/
> help.

Now you have me wondering about my eSATA port.  My current backup device
is USB so I have nothing with which to test it.  I have disabled RAID in
the BIOS.

> Other than that, my only idea is to update the BIOS, but I wouldn't
> risk that unless I were in desperate need of SATA.

Promise cards are cheap.  Build the module into the kernel if you want
to boot from it.  There's something particularly frustrating about the
BIOS finding the kernel while the kernel can't find itself ;-)

I find the SATA read/write speeds worth the effort.

Rinaldi
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