On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:10:47AM +0000, Antonio Prioglio wrote:
> That is not my experience.
> 
> E.G. generic ide CDROM do not boot on U5s or AX boards.
> 
> IPX,Classic,SS10,SS20,U2,AXi require 512 byte block support.
> 
> May be all the machines I've put my hand on are peculiar ...
> 
> As for Symbios controllers, again without firmware I can't see how they 

The SUN firmware has support for some 53x8xx adapters, as some of
their boxes (e.g. the E420) has one or more onboard, and they also sell
53x8xx-based add-on adapters.

> can boot. My 53c815 certainly doesn't. But if someone explains me how to 
> get it working I'll be happy to learn.

Maybe it's too old, I don't think Sun used anything older than 53c875.

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