sii3114ide.device

[tonyw]

I wouldn't spend too much time trying to use an SiI3114 on the X5000.

There is an inherent hardware problem that causes all Write accesses to work at PIO speed, while Read accesses are normal. In short, you can't use an SiI3114 to its full ability. Other variants such as SiI3112 and SiI3512 all work OK.

As to your original problem, AFAIK you can't load Kickstart from any device except the on-board SATA: it's all that U-Boot can read. Once you have loaded Kickstart from on-board SATA and AmigaOS is running, you can then boot the system (ie load Startup-Sequence) from any Amiga-supported device, since the PCI driver will be running.

[OldFart]

Hi,

Thanks to all of you for answering this thread. My Amiga however, has been put into storage again to be unpacked somewhere in the late autumn, when I'm no longer on the seasonal move (fingers crossed). So I may be back here in about six months time for this thread.

Regards,

OldFart