Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:44:30 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Promise PDC20268 FastTrack 100 TX2 (PDC20268) |
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:12:53PM +0000, John Bradford wrote: > > I have a Promise FastTrack 100 TX2 (PDC20268) IDE-controller > > (BIOS v2.00.0.24) used in a linux MD-RAID. Aside from various > > other annoying Promise-problems, I am not able to perform a > > remote boot because the brain-dead Promise-BIOS "complains" that > > no array is defined, and requires one to press ESC to continue > > booting. I would very much appreciate any tips as to how I can > > circumvent this "feature". > > Well, if you don't usually need a keyboard on that machine, in theory, > you might be able to connect the keyboard input to the PS/2 mouse port > of another machine, and write a program to send the correct bytes for > that keypress to the other machine. Then, you could reboot the > machine with the Promise card in it, then log in to the other machine, > and run the program to send the keypress. > > Not sure how practical this solution would be though... You'd > probably have to simulate the keyboard initialisation responses as > well, which would make it a bit complicated
That won't work, of course - while the PS/2 and keyboard ports are the same, they are master/slave - the computer is master and the device is slave - you cannot connect master to master.
It'd work if you used bitbanging on the parallel port, though.
Or a keyboard with something heavy on the 'esc' key ;)
Another possibility is just to remove the BIOS from the card or tell the on-board BIOS not to initalize it.
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