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Re: Bug#589701: ofpath is not compatible with non-builtin disk controllers



On 09/29/2010 12:44 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
> OK... If I'm understanding this correctly, it means that NewWorld Mac's
> can boot either from the on-board ATA or one of these OF-supporting SATA
> controllers  (possibly with some tweaks to ofpath to deal with any
> peculiarities of the non-Apple controllers) but *not* from most
> non-OF-aware controllers.
> 

Right. But it can also boot from an on-board SCSI, on-board SATA, and
any Firewire drive. Add-on SCSI, SATA, and ATA controllers must have
proper OpenFirmware support to be able to boot an OpenFirmware machine.

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