Subject: Re: Booting From IDE
To: Caffeinate The World <mochaexpress@yahoo.com>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/17/2003 23:04:52
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 01:16:01PM -0700, Caffeinate The World wrote:
> I have a PWS 500au that have only had SCSI HDs in it. Could it boot
> from IDE disks using an ATA/100 supported card?
>
> Currently the bios boots from either dka100 or dka200.
Assuming the SRM console sees that ATA disk as a DQ* device that
probably works for you. But I have my doubts if the SRM will recognise
it, there were no PCI ATA cards supported by the SRM that I know of.
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