> Any device behind the bridge (that is in a 32bit PCI slot) is immune > from the problem, so an add in controller would also work fine in DMA > mode, although of course the SRM won't boot from it. I have thought of > using an add in card and using a very small IDE disk as a boot drive. > Or maybe I can find a small scsi drive to use as a boot drive, and use > an add in controller to run a large IDE drive from the 32bit PCI bus. I > just haven't got around to doing that yet.
Two other ideas: a) Use a small Compact Flash Card with and CF-2-IDE Adaptor as /boot b) Use an old SCSI-ZIP drive instead of the Floppy and boot from it I have a AlphaStation using b) (as AlphaStations do not have IDE) and the machine boots from a BSD-Partitioned ZIP-100 Disk containing /boot and aboot partitions. The root file system is on a very large SATA (!!!) disk running with a Silicon Image SATA PCI controller (~10 $) that works perfectly in a PCI slot. CF cards and (mostly not used) ZIP drives have very low power consumption, hard disks spin all the time, even when not used anymore after boot (because only /boot is on it). Uwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
