CD-ROM booting with controller card

haze03

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I have been trying for two weeks to convert my K6-2+ 450 into a file server after getting a 200Gb Seagate Barracuda. The first problem was that the most recent BIOS update is still too old to recognize a drive over 200GB. So, I got a PCI IDE card to bypass the bios, but I can't boot to CD-ROM. I vae it set to boot CD-ROM, C, A and it never boots to CD with the controller card. I have tried the the Lite-On DVD in the Primary IDE and Secondary IDE on the MB and on the second channel on the PCI controller card. Still it will boot to HDD. The only time it doesn't is if the HDD is not plugged in it all. Is there anyway around this? Or am I doomed to wasting $160 on a HDD I can't use?
 

VID

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Have you tried the Primary on the PCI as the CDROM, and the secondary as the HDD? Not sure if that would allow HDD boot, though.

Also, I'd imagine the PCI card would have some sort of config, check the documentation for the card.