On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Intemann <intem...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:14 PM, <vex...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 01:34:50AM +0200, Christopher Intemann wrote: >> > However could not find any information if I could boot from discs >> connected >> > via a PCI-IDE controller. >> >> Read up on these EEPROM commands: >> >> probe-ide-all >> show-disks >> > > Yes, thanks, sure. But I just won an ebay auction on a Netra X1 (for 30b , > :-)), and I'm now desperately waiting for the box do ship. > However, as it comes without hard-drives, I was wondering if i would have to > buy a drive <137GB or if I could give a 500Gig drive and a PCI-IDE Card a > try.
The Netra X1 has no PCI slots. http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/Netra_X1/spec The Netra X1 is a fun little box to play with, and as you already know, available quite cheaply, but it's also very limited. For a huge step up in capability, while staying in the same price range, I'd suggest any of the Netra T1 boxes (model 105, AC200, etc). Paul. -- ------------------------------ Paul D. Ouderkirk Senior UNIX System Administrator p...@ouderkirk.ca ------------------------------ laughing, in the mechanism -- William Gibson
