> > Don't know about ARC (do you mean AlphaBIOS ?) (I have switched to > > SRM long ago) but I run a Radeon 7500 without problems and boot off > > IDE fine. > > As Helge said, the latest SRM (5.8, IIRC) will boot just fine from the > builtin IDE controller. > > And also, the 7500 works very well for me. > > However, I've had a few problems with the 7000, and the 9100, AFAIK, > has never been 3D-tested in the PCI version *OR* on the Alpha, so there > could be unknown issues (it would also need at least 4.3.0, maybe even > the CVS tree, for full support).
thanks. I'll get a 7500 and see how it goes. yes, i meant AlphaBIOS (where did i get the name ARC from? no idea..). Switching to SRM would be a good thing for the future but it means a -lot- of work if i need to convert a drive to bsd disklabel partitioning to boot from. compiling my own X server from 4.3.0 or cvs won't be a problem. I run a woody system with a small smattering of testing (glibc, up to date whois, and a few other updated packages) and prefer not to get into debian between-release dependancy hell. Ideally i'd also like to use the DVI port on whatever card I get but I understand from previous postings that its easier said than done at the moment. -g