Second IDE port not working on PC164

Thu Apr 8 19:59:06 UTC 2004

Maybe a stupid question, but what do you mean with "PYXIS idiosyncracies"?

And completely off-topic, but does someone know where to buy more modern
mobos as the LX? For exemple an XP1000..

Steven

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Estabrook" <Jay.Estabrook at hp.com>
To: "Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: Second IDE port not working on PC164

> On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:47:53AM -0500, Hoover, Tony wrote:
> >
> > What about SATA controllers and drives?  Will they work in my LX,
> > SX, and/or XP1000?  I know I can't boot from it, but additional
> > storage would be nice.
>
> Sorry, Tony, I can't comment from personal experience with SATA
> controllers, as I can from ATA ones.
>
> If the drivers are 64-bit clean, or course, there ought not to be
> any problems, and, with there being more 64-bit platforms out there
> now, the chances are IMHO much better than they used to be... :-)
>
> On the LX and SX, as always, because of PYXIS idiosyncracies, there
> could be issues, but those certainly would not be present on XP1000
> with its TSUNAMI...
>
> Good luck, and be sure to let us know if you decide to try! :-)
>
>  --Jay++
>
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