Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM adapter
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General description
CHARON-AXP supports emulation of an integrated virtual Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI controller.
Loading Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI adapter
By default the integrated virtual Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI controller is preloaded with a name "ide".
Example:
set ide container="/dev/sg0" |
Configuration parameters
The Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI adapter emulation has only one configuration parameter:
container
| Parameter | container |
|---|---|
| Type | Text String |
| Value |
Specifies a physical device correspondent to ATAPI or SATA CD/DVD-ROM drive attached to the host system. By default it is left unspecified.
|
Read Example
set ide container="/dev/sg0" |
When running HP OpenVMS/Alpha Operating System on top of CHARON-AXP virtualization layer the specified CD/DVD-ROM drive is available as DQA0: device.
CHARON-AXP is able to boot any OpenVMS/Alpha and Tru64 version from Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM.
Virtual Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI can me mapped only to physical CD-ROM drives. If a CD-ROM container or an ISO file should be used, it is required to utilize KZPBA-CA controller as it offers full support of both physical and virtual mappings to system resources.
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