From: Wilkinson,Alex (Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 23:13:31 EDT
Thanks to:
Dr Thomas Blinn
Original Question:
> Can anyone recommend an ATA 100/133 controller that is known to work in
> a Alpha pws 500au [not necessarily to run just Tru64 ie also FreeBSD]?
Answer:
"There is no support in any version of Tru64 UNIX for ANY plug-in
ATA (aka IDE) controllers. If you get lucky, you might manage to
find a card that will be totally ignored both by console firmware
(which has no support, as far as I know, on that system model, for
booting from an ATAPI or IDE drive connected to a plug-in card,
and if it already has an ATA controller chip on the motherboard
for a CDROM drive, it may not work right if you add a different
ATA controller chip), and by Tru64 UNIX. Basically, you are on
uncharted waters -- not expected to work, but you might get lucky
if you try enough different combinations. "
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