From: "Mikkel C. Simonsen" <m...@post5.tele.dk> lw3eov wrote: > Dear FreeDOS users, > > Please help me with the following: > > If I buy one of those cheap PCI to USB adapters on ebay, will it work in a > Pentium@120Mhz using freedos or another D.O.S. version? Will I be able to > boot or at least use it after booting from another device? > > For a SATA hard disk for the same pentium PC: PCI to SATA adapter or IDE to > SATA adapter, What is best?
IDE to SATA will generally work without problems - as long as the SATA disk is within the size supported by the BIOS. I have upgraded many old PCs and Macs with SSDs using IDE to SATA adapters. The general size limit is 137GB - but could be much lower, if you have an ancient BIOS. Best regards, Mikkel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (1:2320/105.99) --- * BgNet 1.0b12 = CCO * KY/US * 502/875-8938 * capcity2.synchro.net --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
