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Abit AB9 Linux/Solaris Compatibility

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It was back in February that we originally looked at the AB9 motherboard from Abit; however, this P965 motherboard had a few problems that had prevented this motherboard from functioning well with Linux. But have things since improved for this motherboard? We now have our compatibility report for the Abit AB9 as we see if things have changed for the better or worse under Linux and Solaris.

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SouthBridge Intel ICH8 doesn't support AHCI

dba477 ·
If SouthBridge on mentioned board is exactly ICH8, then it doesn't support AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface), Intel ICH8R supports AHCI , view http://intel.com for details. Actually ,Intel ICH8 does only IDE emulation So, you have only option of using IDE CDROM attached to Jmicron's JMB 36(X) PATA port , because SATA ports on the board driven by Intel ICH8 just emulate IDE.

Having BIOS settings for ICH8 installed to "IDE Emulation" I would try to install:-

1. Solaris 10 or Solaris Express (any build) 2. openSUSE 10.2 3. CentOS 5.0

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