K9A2 booting from SAS (Serial Attached Scsi)

I have been looking all over the place and cannot find any references to booting off the SAS-able Promise controller.
Have anyone tried this or know if it is possible to boot off a SAS-drive?
[Edit to clarify question]

Quote from: MagnumMan on 03-January-08, 13:48:59
Here is a link to the adapter that lets you use enterprise class SAS hot-swap drives in the rig:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat%5fid=1218&sku=10240
I have been looking at cables and the one you linked to makes the most sense. I just don't get why there are two SATA-plugs at the end? Obviously one end should have the plug that matches the drive + some power connection to the drive (could be either sata or 4 plug AMP). The other end should be a straight single SATA. The link you posted has two SATA plugs at the other end AND a 4-plug AMP for power??? Is the power doubled up with both SATA- and AMP-connectors?
Quote from: MagnumMan on 03-January-08, 13:48:59
I'll run some benchmarks on it when I can, what program would you like to see them in - is Sandra XII ok or something else?
Anything that gives graphs for seek times and different chunk sizes for transfer rates should do. In reality I'd be happy with manual timings of internal copy and external copy (read and write to RAID) compared between the single drive you have and the full RAID 1. If you have the OS loaded on the RAID you might time the boot time as well.
As I said you have given me enough information already so just fiddle with the benchmark if you really enjoy it.
PS. Good luck with your memories !

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