[ltp] ata_piix on a t42p

[Bill Andrus]

linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 08/07/2007 09:57:59 AM:

> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 09:38:13AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
wrote:
> > > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007, Mihai C??lin Bazon wrote:
> > > > Make sure you enable AHCI in your BIOS; otherwise the HDD will be
in
> > > > backward compatibility mode (/dev/hda instead of /dev/sda).
> > >
> > > No AHCI, (or SATA for that matter) in a T42, AFAIK. T43 has non-
> AHCI SATA in
> > > BIOS, and AHCI if you *really* screw with the chipset.  T60 and newer
have
> > > AHCI in BIOS.
> >
> > Although not for the Ultrabay drives (those are still PATA) with the
> > T60's.  Does anyone know if things are any different with the
T61/X61's?

Wrong, the T60 Ultrabay supports both PATA and SATA 2nd HDD plates, at
least both
of mine do.

>
> Yes. T61/X61 are full SATA, although if you are not careful, the ICH will
> emulate a PATA port for the Ultrabay (!).

And its a royal pain to a drive switched from emulation to AHCI, too!

Bill Andrus