"Mirko" <mirko@pchome.com.tw> writes:

>I've already tried a "Samsung SH-D162C" without success. (seems to badly
>disturb the whole IDE controller, as I can't even properly boot from a HDD
>connected to the primary IDE channel while the Samsung DVD is connected to
>the secondary IDE; booting from the Solaris CD placed in the Samsung DVD
>drive also results in errors)

You did jumper it to be IDE master, I hope?

Casper
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