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If that doesn't exist then the only way will be via an external box>USB with all the required electronics inside the box. Connect one end to the HDD and the other end on the MOBO and re-boot. Otherwise - you'll have to open computer case and connect the power cable (the 4 wired thing) to the HDD, and there's an old fashioned probably 20 pin ribbon IDE DATA connector on the MOBO. You need the Fsys.atapi for SATA support or you need IDE emulation in the BIOS of the computer. Most likely your /.boot file was built with the Fsys.eide driver. Typically a QNX4 system has a specific hard drive driver built into the /.boot file. IDE to SATA Hard Drive or Optical Drive Adapter Converter - 40-Pin PATA to 2.5' SATA HDD / SSD / ODD Converter (IDE2SAT2) 19.97. It sounds like you are using QNX4 from your description of the bootloader.
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Sold by VantecUSA and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. I'm assuming the HDD is a "Classical internal 3.5" IDE Spinner rather than a 2.5 laptop type ide / pata drive. This item: Bi-Directional, IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE Converter (CB-IS200) 15.99. The only way an external ide->USB connector would work would be if the connector had some sort of external power connector plus the data connector to the drive. In any case you still need to attach an IDE data cable to the MOBO unless you have a powered IDE->USB box with all the electronics inside Attach the drive to the VM Guest as a "Physical drive".
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Windows (any version from XP onwards) should find whatever drivers it needs for those USB to SATA / IDE adaptors - I have one just like it & I have never needed to install any drivers.Hi thereĪnd of course you could run any of those old OS'es as a VM.