On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Intemann

 wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:14 PM,  wrote:

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>> 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/Netr...
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.
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