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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