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PowerMac alternates sata port every reboot

matt3

# 1
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

Just got Morphos running on the PM. Every time I reboot the Mac I have to switch the SATA port.

This is crazy anyone have any ideas?
»27.03.21 - 21:52

jacadcaps

# 2
MorphOS Developer

Posts: 2971 from 2003/3/5

From: Canada

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matt3 wrote:
Just got Morphos running on the PM. Every time I reboot the Mac I have to switch the SATA port.

This is crazy anyone have any ideas?

Sounds like misconfigured OpenFirmware env variables to me.
»27.03.21 - 22:59

matt3

# 3
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

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jacadcaps wrote:
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matt3 wrote:
Just got Morphos running on the PM. Every time I reboot the Mac I have to switch the SATA port.

This is crazy anyone have any ideas?

Sounds like misconfigured OpenFirmware env variables to me.

Should I just reset the firmware? Or should I just look into the variables?

I did a bit of searching and didn't find a good resource for the firmware, do you recommend a source for it?
»27.03.21 - 23:02

matt3

# 4
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

Reset nvram and reset all and that seemed to fix the problem for a few reboots.

Now it is back to the same routine.

[ Edited by matt3 27.03.2021 - 18:02 ]
»27.03.21 - 23:39

ernsteiswuerfel

# 5
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Posts: 545 from 2015/6/18

From: Funeralopolis

Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.
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»29.03.21 - 00:19

matt3

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Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

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ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any modern 3rd party SATA controller supporting modern speeds?

[ Edited by matt3 29.03.2021 - 19:03 ]
»30.03.21 - 00:00

Zetec-s

# 7
Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 192 from 2008/7/10

From: Cheshire, UK

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matt3 wrote:
Quote:

ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any 3rd party SATA controllers?

Taken from https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware;

SiI3x12 two-port cards
SiI3x14 four-port cards
SiI3132 PCI Express SATA controllers
On-board SATA on X5000
On-board SATA on PowerMac G5
PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5Ghz/2GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Powerbook 1.67Ghz/1.5GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
MacMini 1.5Ghz/1GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Efika 5200B 400Mhz/128MB MorphOS 2.3 Registered
»30.03.21 - 00:02

matt3

# 8
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Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

Thanks Zetec, so only the old stuff. Too bad no modern fast controllers.

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Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Quote:

ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any 3rd party SATA controllers?

Taken from https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware;

SiI3x12 two-port cards
SiI3x14 four-port cards
SiI3132 PCI Express SATA controllers
On-board SATA on X5000
On-board SATA on PowerMac G5

[ Edited by matt3 29.03.2021 - 19:06 ]
»30.03.21 - 00:05

Zetec-s

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Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 192 from 2008/7/10

From: Cheshire, UK

Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Thanks Zetec, so only the old stuff. Too bad no modern fast controllers.

Quote:

Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Quote:

ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any 3rd party SATA controllers?

Taken from https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware;

SiI3x12 two-port cards
SiI3x14 four-port cards
SiI3132 PCI Express SATA controllers
On-board SATA on X5000
On-board SATA on PowerMac G5

What SSD are you using? I believe I read it was a OWC, but which model?

I've just fitted a OWC Mercury Electra 3G in my G5 PCIe and its working perfectly under MorphOS.
PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5Ghz/2GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Powerbook 1.67Ghz/1.5GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
MacMini 1.5Ghz/1GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Efika 5200B 400Mhz/128MB MorphOS 2.3 Registered
»30.03.21 - 00:10

matt3

# 10
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 658 from 2004/2/10

Quote:

Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Thanks Zetec, so only the old stuff. Too bad no modern fast controllers.

Quote:

Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Quote:

ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any 3rd party SATA controllers?

Taken from https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware;

SiI3x12 two-port cards
SiI3x14 four-port cards
SiI3132 PCI Express SATA controllers
On-board SATA on X5000
On-board SATA on PowerMac G5

What SSD are you using? I believe I read it was a OWC, but which model?

I've just fitted a OWC Mercury Electra 3G in my G5 PCIe and its working perfectly under MorphOS.

I bought a OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G.
»30.03.21 - 00:32

Zetec-s

# 11
Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 192 from 2008/7/10

From: Cheshire, UK

Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Quote:

Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Thanks Zetec, so only the old stuff. Too bad no modern fast controllers.

Quote:

Zetec-s wrote:
Quote:

matt3 wrote:
Quote:

ernsteiswuerfel wrote:
Hmm, I remember having a similar problem with an SSD seemingly not being fully compatible to old G5 SATA-1 controller. A Samsung SSD Pro/Evo (?), don't remember which exact model it was. On the MorphOS side swapping around seemed to work for some time, on Linux I got SATA bus errors and r/w errors after some time... After I switched to some Sandisk SSD Plus (series recommended here in the forum several times) this problem disappeared completely.

Does Morphos support any 3rd party SATA controllers?

Taken from https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware;

SiI3x12 two-port cards
SiI3x14 four-port cards
SiI3132 PCI Express SATA controllers
On-board SATA on X5000
On-board SATA on PowerMac G5

What SSD are you using? I believe I read it was a OWC, but which model?

I've just fitted a OWC Mercury Electra 3G in my G5 PCIe and its working perfectly under MorphOS.

I bought a OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G.

I think that might be your issue as OWC seem to recommend using a 3G on a Power Mac G5.
PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5Ghz/2GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Powerbook 1.67Ghz/1.5GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
MacMini 1.5Ghz/1GB MorphOS 3.18 Registered
Efika 5200B 400Mhz/128MB MorphOS 2.3 Registered
»30.03.21 - 00:45