> > 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). > > The CF card would work as long as the CF card does NOT support DMA, well > at least in the case of the many PWS that break when IDE DMA is used. > Some CF cards do, some don't.
But old and small ones like a 64 or 128 MB one without the e.g. Xtreme labels from Sandisk, I have here, do not support DMA. You only need space for /boot which is kernel, initrd and aboot. You wrote: "If you disable DMA access to the HD (I forget exactly how I did that when I installed mine), then it works fine." -- so there may be a way to disable it. Uwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
