Re: SUN Ultra 5 HDD compatibility

[Miles Nordin <carton%Ivy.NET@localhost>]

>>>>> "sj" == Soren Jacobsen <snj%pobox.com@localhost> writes:

    sj> http://netbsd.org/ports/sparc64/faq.html#pci-cards

haha, what a silly way for me to be wrong.

    sj> PATA drives are becoming more and more impractical, and I'm
    sj> looking for a SATA controller to put in an Ultra 5.  I gave up
    sj> on the bootability front.

I gave up on the whole machine.  but you might resort to yet further
sillyness like this:

 http://www.eforcity.com/psybpasacon1.html?efprcggbadtf090605=psybpasacon1
 http://www.xpcgear.com/idetosataconv.html

unlike firewire these sort of things actually work.  or you could roll
the device with these:

 
http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=17427&source=gbaseus&currency=USD

...all kinds of wacky stuff in froogle.

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