Re: [PLUG] CD to boot, ATA card

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Michael C. Toren wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 07:08:08PM -0500, Paul wrote:
>  
>
> > So...do any PCI ATA controller cards support CD-ROM booting?
> >    
>
> This should be a function of your BIOS, not the PCI card.
>  

The BIOS on the mobo must be set to "SCSI" in order to boot from the 
controller card.  So far, only booting from the hard drive works.  The 
card has it's own BIOS, but I guess it's not a great one.

> > The problem is that, even though it's possible to boot from the mobo
> > controller, data transfers between the CD-ROM and HDD fail.  I want to
> > totally by-pass the onboard controller.
> >    
>
> That shouldn't be the case.  Can you be more specific about the error
> message you're seeing?
>
>  
The PC will boot from the CD-ROM drive, using the mobo's controller.  
For example, Knoppix STD boots well and runs fine.  However, if I try to 
copy Knoppix, or anything requiring a lot of data transfer, error 
messages appear and the transfer fails.  (I'm pretty sure that the hard 
drive itself runs OK, but maybe I should install Knoppix using another 
PC, then more the drive to the bad PC as a test.)

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