At 11:22 -0500 05/02/2002, John Albert wrote: <snipped lots of great information>
>I have come to the conclusion that -- at least at this point in ATA/PCI card >development for the Mac -- that it is _IMPOSSIBLE_ to boot up from an ATAPI >CD-ROM or CDRW connected through an ATA card. Although the firmware on the >cards currently sold supports booting from fixed hard drives, the requisite >code that would support booting from an ATAPI CD just isn't there. Whether it >would be possible to add the code (through a firmware update), I can't say. >But I can report that I am unable to boot from either my CDRW, _or_ from my >genuine Apple-labeled ATAPI CD-ROM drive. My Acer 16X DVD/40X CDROM drive boots up okay and it is connected to my VST UltraTech card. So some drives are bootable. I didn't realize there were such problems with other drives. I haven't tried booting from it using the keyboard combinations because it is not at SCSI Bus 0: ID 3 (obviously) and I have too may volumes with copies on the OS for the DOCS combination to actually divert to the CDROM. However, setting the DVD drive as the start up drive and inserting a bootable disk works just fine with many disks. I haven't run across one with which it didn't work. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL SM LIST PRICES - 24x Bootable SCSI CDROM $39.99, Umax Processors $19.99 PowerSupplies from C500/C600 $49.99 J700/S900 $79.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
