6.0rc11 on Fit-PC2 - no Hard Disk

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I have the x86 6.0rc11 running on a Fit-PC2i, but only on a usb key since it doesn’t find the disk - lacking the correct driver.

I still need to test it more thoroughly, as it seems to be somewhat unstable.

Issues so far
very slow to boot.
no support for wireless


Is adding a disk driver possible ?


Device: 00:1f.1
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Name: System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) IDE Controller (rev: 7)
Category: IDE Interface
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x811a
IO: 1810-181f

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IDE
this is somewhat strange. Fit-PC have SATA connectors. Maybe you have IDE emulation enabled? If yes, can you try switching SATA mode in BIOS (if it’s possible) to AHCI / SATA instead of IDE?

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And about wireless, check This page.
Using USB WiFi adapters is not common practice here, so it may be pretty problematic. Although i had some usb atheros working with my RB.

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This is an Atom chipset with Phoenix bios and I have jsut discovered that uses a uses Marvell IDE-to-SATA bridge sata interface.

I checked and the wireless isn’t Atheros, so I would need to change the module to make that work.

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The IDE to SATA interface is difficult to deal with. With Linux you need to build a driver for it which is not in kernel.

The wifi is Ralink RT2870 but you can use the drivers for RT3180. It works fine, but probably not supported in MT. You can replace it with a usb only miniPCIe or USB module.