[rescue] Booting SATA on an old BIOS

[Kevin]

Excellent idea.

/KRM

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 00:55:53 -0500
Adam Breaux <breauxaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Consulting the FedoraFAQ...
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/
> 
> Installed to a floppy, you might be able to nurse this into
> booting from the SATA drive.
> 
> On Wed,  8 Dec 2004 13:20:19 -0500 (EST), Kevin
> <kevin at mpcf.com> wrote:
> > In the PC world, Option ROM option in the BIOS can usually be
> > used to boot from an add in controller card, such as a SATA
> > card.
> > 
> > This is not normally used for SCSI, but i have used them for
> > both SATA cards and upgraded PATA adapters.
> > 
> > /KRM
> > 
> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:23:14 -0600
> > 
> > 
> > Wes Will <wwill at siu.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > >And I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "option ROM"...
> > >
> > > OS on a chip, most times socketed directly into the
> > > motherboard.  Replaces or supplements the BIOS.  Sometimes
> > > can be an adapter board, with a firmware OS and some sort
> > > of kludge to get the beast to boot from a non-disk disk. 
> > > Might not be available for your hardware (I wasn't paying
> > > attention to the thread).
> > >
> > > Without a BIOS update with the SATA option (unless you have
> > > considered writing your own BIOS patch and burning an
> > > EEPROM, a personalized update, per se) you are just not
> > > going to get this to boot from the SATA disk. Consider a
> > > minimal floppy or CD boot with the main files on the SATA
> > > drive and a set of SATA drivers?  Or some tiny old hard
> > > disk stuck in there just to get things rolling.
> > >
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