<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> John Grzesiak wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20080725120304.k2h8otsagwks4k8c@www.hotiron.net" type="cite"> Good information... and while we are close to the subject, I want to repeat a query I made a while ago, in case it got missed somehow... Does anyone know of an IDE paddle card that will work with the SRM on an AS4100 ??? I use my 4100 to play with several loaded systems and think that somehow it would be easier to have my main boot on CF disk mounted on a paddle card. I have done this with my 164LX, and it works fine, but, the 164LX supports IDE (not particularly fast which is why I only boot off of it) directly on the motherboard, so, SRM needs to support that at least. I am just wondering is:: Are there any vestiges of the IDE boot code in the 4100's SRM ??? It would have been nice and expedient to not remove the code (and subsequently have to debug the changes) from all the SRM based machines, even if DEC/Compaq was not planning on ever using IDE for anything in those machines... I am not adverse to doing the work myself, but, if anyone knows definitively, it would be nice. A "No, it won't work at all... find another way..." works great too... I just hate wasting time on fruitless efforts. I have little enough time to play anymore... (No more complaints now... I will be quiet on this from here on out...)... I will throw a bit of information in here... The LK-13415 PATA control to SATA drive adapter has shown some indications that it will work if you can't get a SATA paddle card to behave. There are some minor glitches in some SATA drives backwards compatibility support, so, I don't think I would be trying to use them in any sort of ARRAY, but, having a drive to boot off and have some offline storage should be doable. The adapter is about $9 ??? (If I am remembering right) on eBay... The company name is:: NSIoutlet.com </blockquote> We have used SATA to ATA adapters with SRM with no issues n a number of the Samsung and DEC boards. <div class="moz-signature">-- With our best regards, Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:email:maurice@harddata.com">email:maurice@harddata.com</a> Edmonton, AB, Canada <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.harddata.com/">http://www.harddata.com/</a> T5X 1Y3 </div> </body> </html>