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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:30:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        Rob Evers <rob@debank.tv>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ultra 5 pci-ide controller
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0404152227290.15837@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <407EB739.5060209@debank.tv>
References:  <407EB739.5060209@debank.tv>

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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



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