From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 13:31:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A2B16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:31:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [62.58.162.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD9E43D39 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:31:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id AED1E477; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:30:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A995123B; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:30:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:30:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Rob Evers In-Reply-To: <407EB739.5060209@debank.tv> Message-ID: References: <407EB739.5060209@debank.tv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 5 pci-ide controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:31:00 -0000 On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Rob Evers wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to boot an ultra 5 with a pci-ide controller, not > using the onboard cmd646 chipset ? it is not possible to boot from a regular ide controller on an ultra5, you could boot from cdrom/floppy.... or get a symbios 875 scsi card and boot from that. ( this is not totally true, there are some hacks to fool openboot into booting from another ide controller, but these are evil and won't work properly in 99% of the cases anyway. I leave googling for these hacks up to you, you have been warned :) -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem