Subject: Re: Ultra 5 supported hardware ?
To: Blaz Antonic <blaz.antonic@siol.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/23/2004 14:02:33
Another option might be to buy a pciide controller and have
a small and large IDE disk. Hook up the large disk to the internal
controller to install, and then move to the pciide card. Connect the
small disk with a kernel configured to use the root filesystem from
wd1. Once the kernel is loaded everything runs on the fast pciide
card wth UDMA<some large number>. Best to ask on the list for
good pciide cards for an ultra :)
If there is ever any problem with the small disk or pciide
card you can switch the large disk back to the internal card and
run (albeit more slowly).
For entertainment value do the above but with two disks mirrored
using RAIDFRAME :)
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