Subject: Re: Cheap ATA Cards?
From: Jim Potter (jrp@wvi.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 18:58:29 MDT
I've used the Sonnet card (a relabled 'acard' board, using the ATP860 chip) and a
card from CMD using the CMD649 chip. Both are recognized and allow one to mount
disks, etc, although I haven't tried booting from them.
YMMD, except Feburary, which has twenty-eight. Tax not included. Void where
prohibited. Remember the Alamo.
> The 2.4.4 kernel update tonight that will include support
> for the Sonnet Tempo ATA card. The great thing about this card
> is it is supported by MacOS too! The Linux driver is for 2.4.4 only, but
> it is simple enough to replace the installer's 'vmlinux' with the 2.4.4
> one and it will "just work" for installing onto a drive connected to the
> Sonnet. The only trick after that is for New World machines, the kernel
> yaboot will be setup to use (/boot/vmlinux) will be a 2.2.19 kernel,
> so you have to boot once off of the 2.4.4 vmlinux from your MacOS
> partition .. thn install the proper 2.4.4. rpms and you're gold!
>
> More details tonight.. we have two machines running on these cards..
> very slick :-)
>
> > Would you like to share the manufacturer, model, and kernel version you used?
> > :)
> >
> > Also, if it's truly "designed for MacOS" then you (plural) will be able to
> > boot from it, since it will have an Open Firmware ROM on it. If you buy a PC
> > model, you won't be able to boot from it but you should be able to use it, as
> > the original author suspected.
> >
> > -Hollis
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Dan Burcaw
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
-- Sincerely,Jim Potter 45th Parallel Processing jrp@wvi.com
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