Subject: Re: A few macppc newbie questions
To: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/25/2007 23:18:26
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Hello,

On Feb 25, 2007, at 22:41, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> My real question is, can I boot off of a PCI ATA133 card? I suppose
> the open firmware would have to see it in order to set a variable to
> be able to do it.

Definitely maybe. Your IDE card needs firmware that OF can understand - 
there are plenty of such cards but they tend to be a lot more expensive 
than their plain old firmware-less PCish counterparts.

have fun
Michael
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