Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM adapter

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Last updated: Dec 14, 2023 by Robert Urban

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General description

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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

Parametercontainer
Type

Text String

Value
  • "/dev/sg<N>"

Specifies a physical device correspondent to ATAPI or SATA CD/DVD-ROM drive attached to the host system.

By default it is left unspecified.

(info) Read this article on how to find the physical device name for mapping.

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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