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Help Installing RAID Controller Driver

833050Jan 20 2011
Solaris Express 11 live CD cannot find drives('format' output says "no drives found")


After booting up from Solaris Express 11 live CD,there is a message "Some device drivers cannot be found".
After clicking Device Driver Utility there are two storage related items in the list with 'missing drivers':

PromiseTechnology PDC20575 SATAII150 TX2plus
Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller

There is an option to install 'PromiseTechnology' driver,I clicking 'install',after a while it says "Installed successfully" but 'format' still cannot find anything.

The details for both items are below. How do I continue installation from this point ????

Many Thanks.


Driver URL:
node name: pci8086,3473
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
Sub-Vendor: Intel Corporation
binding name: pci8086,3473
devfs path: /pci@0,0/pci8086,3473
pci path: 0,1f,2
compatible name:
(pci8086,2682.8086.3473.9)(pci8086,2682.8086.3473)(pci8086,3473)(pci8086,2682.9)(pci8086,2682)(pciclass,010400)(pciclass,0104)
driver name: unknown
acpi-namespace: SB.PCI0.IDE1
assigned-addresses: 8100fa10
reg: fa00
compatible: pci8086,2682.8086.3473.9
model: RAID controller
power-consumption: 1
66mhz-capable: TRUE
fast-back-to-back: TRUE
devsel-speed: 1
interrupts: 2
max-latency: 0
min-grant: 0
subsystem-vendor-id: 8086
subsystem-id: 3473
unit-address: 1f,2
class-code: 10400
revision-id: 9
vendor-id: 8086
device-id: 2682


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Driver URL:solaris
node name: pci105a,3d75
Vendor: Promise Technology, Inc.
Device: PDC20575 (SATAII150 TX2plus)
Sub-Vendor: Promise Technology, Inc.
binding name: pci105a,3d75
devfs path:
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f7@2/pci8086,350c@0,3/pci105a,3d75
pci path: 5,1,0
compatible name:
(pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75.2)(pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75)(pci105a,3d75)(pci105a,3d75.2)(pci105a,3d75)(pciclass,018000)(pciclass,0180)
driver name: unknown
assigned-addresses: 81050810
reg: 50800
compatible: pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75.2
model: Mass storage controller
power-consumption: 1
66mhz-capable: TRUE
devsel-speed: 1
interrupts: 1
max-latency: 12
min-grant: 4
subsystem-vendor-id: 105a
subsystem-id: 3d75
unit-address: 1
class-code: 18000
revision-id: 2
vendor-id: 105a
device-id: 3d75
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