You don't actually need to recompile the kernel for SATA.  You need 
only add the /dev/ad4* nodes to the root filesystem.

You can do this by editing FreeBSD 4.10's MAKEDEV to include the ad4 
nodes, copy it to the rootfs /dev directory, then sh ./MAKEDEV ad4.  
SATA then works fine.  At least for this Intel 865 chipset, it does.

--Dave

On Feb 6, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Max Khitrov wrote:

> [...]
> Anyway, would sata be the only point of concern? If that's the case, 
> then I could just as easily swap the drives when I get this and put in 
> a regular ATA. I'm more concerned about the onboard nic, cause that I 
> can't replace and I have to be sure that it will be recognized by 
> m0n0wall and also be able to run in full-duplex gigabit mode. That's 
> the most important part.
> [...]
> Any tips appreciated on this.
>
>
> Bryan Kohlstedt wrote:
>
>> You could probably get it working although you might have to recompile
>> with the necessary drivers as I doubt that support for sata etc would
>> be built in.
>>
>> By the way, this is serious overkill. Is this for business or home? I
>> personally would just get a WRAP board for less money and it would use
>> less power and you'd be giving up very little.  Just a thought.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:19:34 -0500, Max Khitrov <mkhitrov at umd dot edu> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone, I'm thinking about getting the dell SC420 server (just 
>>> the
>>> most basic config) for use as my firewall. Later I'm thinking about
>>> actually setting up my own OpenBSD solution on it, but that won't 
>>> happen
>>> till the summer when I have some free time. Until then, I wanted to 
>>> ask
>>> if anyone else has experience running m0n0wall on the SC420 and if it
>>> was compatible in terms of the onboard nic, sata hard drive, etc...
>>>
>>> Please let me know.
>>> Thanks.
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