> I've tried booting from usd cdrom, usb stick both 9labs and 9legacy. > it does not recognize them. this is ICH9R that's claimed to be > supported. > > I'm going to try one that has IDE support and ICH9R so it can boot > from cdrom and hopefully then recognize the sata chipset, like this > one: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/3210/X7SBi.cfm
that machine should boot from the 9atom usb stick no problems. - erik