On 14 Aug 2003 at 10:35, vinai wrote: > The only PCI cards that are cross-platform compatible are those that > are needed for booting, such as video cards and hard drive controllers.
One important correction for clarity. You probably meant to say: The only PCI cards that are *NOT* cross-platform compatible are those that are needed for booting and even that isn't the full story. You can use many IDE and SCSI controllers without executing the built-in firmware at all, and you can use some graphics cards without having to rely on the firmware. As long as the driver you use initialises the electronic and logical properties of that specific PCI card correctly, it will work (or so I heard). Jeroen Roovers
