freebsd problem: Cannot detect Hard Disk (SATA)

[yoke an]

   > >    Hi ,
   > >
   > >    We have recently purchased Tyan Transport GX21 (B2735G21S2)
   with Tiger
   > >    i7501R S2735-8M motherboard. I'm trying to install FreeBSD v4.8
   but it
   > >    cannot detect my hard disk during the installation. I think the
   > >    problem should be the SATA driver. Coz I'm currently using SATA
   > >    instead of IDE/ATAPI.
   > >
   > >    Is FreeBSD v4.8 support SATA or any available free downld
   driver for
   > >    SATA? Can I use "ICH5-R SATA Chip driver " for supporting
   FreeBSD
   > >    v4.8? If yes, where can i downld it?
   > >
   >
   >Could you try 5.3? I think 4.8 does not support SATA well, if at all.
   On
   >contrary, I am using SATA on 5.3 without problems, the last time I
   tried 4.10
   >all I got was unknown disk or something like this.

   >Milan

   Thanks. I knew 5.3 is work very well. But due to my application that
   only support 4.8, so I need a way out to install 4.8.

   Ann

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