PCI IDE Card

[pvant67 at wnyip.net]

Cyber Source wrote:
> ok, this seems to be going on and on now. Jason's wanted to know if his 
> mobo could boot off of an ide controller other than the onboard mobo's. 
> I was pointing out how to get the mobo to boot from the add-on ide 
> controller. If the only drive he has working will be on this add-on ide 
> controller card, the mobo has to take him there first, before 
> Lilo/Grub/whatever takes over. The mobo has to know where to look for 
> the boot record (Lilo/Grub) first, so if his mobo has no scsi setting in 
> the boot sequence, then his mobo will not see the drive and the 
> Lilo/Grub therein.
> 
> Dave Andruczyk wrote:
> 
>> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> that may be but to hit the kernel, you have to hit the drive first.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Lilo/grub hits the drive first and loads the kernel,  then the kernel 
>> driver
>> takes over, detects the IDE board and continues booting...
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Dave J. Andruczyk
>>
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> 
> 

Ugh. Sorry for the confusion everybody. It's pretty hard to argue with 
the hardware/firmware. That'll teach me to jump into the middle of 
something.

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