[rescue] EIO card in HP 4M

[Michael-John Turner]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 02:35:21PM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
>PCI-X LSI1068 SAS controller might do the job; you can flash a
>standard (PC) one to the Sun (OpenFirmware) and boot from them. They
>are now quite old and dirt cheap on eBay.
>It works fine in my SunBlade 2500:
><http://www.sunhelp.org/pipermail/rescue/2020-July/142249.html>

Ah, thanks for the pointer and original write-up. I don't think I'd realised
(or perhaps had forgotten) that PCI-X cards can be used in PCI slots. I had
thought for a minute that flashing the controller may be tricky as I have
no more x86 systems with PCI slots, but I believe I have one last system in
the dark recesses of my garage!

>Beware that all SAS controller I've ever seen are 3.3v, can't remember
>if that's OK in an Ultra 60 (wikipedia says yes for _one_ slot...)

Thanks. Seems that most 66Mhz PCI slots (as I believe the U60's slot 1 is) are
3.3V.

Cheers, MJ
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