hi,

> Hello,
>
>>> 1) Are Comm Slot 2 Ethernet cards supported if so what ones or all?
> That's just an odd-shaped PCI slot if I remember correctly, so if the 
> chip on your CS-II card is supported on PCI cards it should work.
>
>> but you have to take into account, that even if the card is supported,
>> you may not be able to boot from it -- because it's not supported by
>> the OF (unless you get a supported model i think, e.g. from Acard [1]
>> or Sonnet [2]). however, you could boot from the network, from CD, 
>> from
>> a CF card (there are those nifty little CF <-> IDE adaptors ;) etc.
> Loading the kernel from a CF card and then continue booting form SATA 
> sounds like a good idea, the Performa's built-in IDE isn't really fast 
> and this way you don't need an OF-supported SATA card, the ones sold 
> by Sonnet and so on which come with the right ROMs tend to be more 
> expensive than generic, ROM-less ones, the price difference should 
> exceed what you'd pay for an IDE->CF adaptor and a CF card big enough 
> to hold a couple of kernels and probably a small rescue system.

yes, that lame IDE controller may be a horrible thing using the machine 
it's intended to be (as CVS server etc.).

booting from CF (for example, booting from net or CD should also be 
possible and ends up with the same advantages) gets you rid off i) the 
need of an OF-aware controller (Sonnet, Acard, which are indeed more 
expensive then commodity peecee stuff) and ii) keeps you out of the 
size-troubles mentioned.

cheers!

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