On Sunday, Oct 14, 2001, Lanman wrote: > Stephen; Is there an 8.2?? In answer to your questions, I don't beleive > ANY operating system can be started from an ATA/66 or 100 controller > card, where the controller card is an add-on card. If the controller is > built-in to the motherboard, and the motherboard supports booting from > it, then you will have no problem. The problem isn't the card, but > rather, it's the motherboards' inability to boot from the add-on card, > because the card isn't listed in the motherboard's boot-sequence settings.
I boot off an ATA/66 add-on controller card (I've done it with Windows 98, and Mdk 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1). Just depends on whether or not the BIOS and motherboard supports it. -- Paul Cox <paul at coxcentral dot com> Kernel: 2.4.8-26mdk - Uptime: 3 days 19 hours 8 minutes.
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