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In article: <496688622wnr@tiwc.demon.co.uk>  Mrcollin@tiwc.demon.co.uk (Michael Roy Collins) writes:
> 	Just wondering if anyone is using an IDE CD-ROM with the Plato
> OEM system board. What I want to know is if the IDE/EIDE interface is 
> enabled, will the system still boot from the SCSI disk running from a PCI
> controller card, or will the system attempt to boot from the IDE device?

Well to put you all out of your misery.. IT WORKS!

How it's done.

1. Fit the CD-ROM drive :-)
	The one that I have tested is a Mitsumi ATAPI Quad speed.
	It will ONLY work when connected to the Standard ISA IDE interface,
	Not with the PCI IDE.
2. Under the BIOS enable the ISA IDE interface, but do not install and drive options.
3. Power up the system and install the software.
4. Reboot and away you go!

Not as painfull as I thought it might be. So to recap you can put a IDE CD-ROM into a P&P 
Plato without any other IDE drives, and thus continue to boot of you SCSI or whatever
disk controller.

BFN Mike. 
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Michael Roy Collins

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The Isle of Wight College
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