From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 1 16:57:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07830 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:57:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cheops.anu.edu.au (avalon@cheops.anu.edu.au [150.203.76.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07761 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:56:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au) Message-Id: <199803020056.QAA07761@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by cheops.anu.edu.au (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA170190203; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:56:43 +1100 From: Darren Reed Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:56:42 +1100 (EDT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199803012253.OAA10127@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Mar 1, 98 02:53:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In some mail from Mike Smith, sie said: > > > > When there are three disks on the system, you can only boot from the > > > first (no option to goto the second or third disk is given). > > > > > > Is this fixable ? > > > > Yes. You need to burn a new BIOS for your machine and up the drive > > count from 2 to however many you want so that the BIOS will put the > > right %dl value (ie: 0x82, 0x83, ...). > > Uh, actually I think the problem is the Booteasy only checks the LSB of > the drive count value. If it's set, there's one drive, if it's clear, > there are two. It's been a long time since I looked at the code, but I > do seem to recall that with 4 drives you get two items on the menu > again. > > Either way, the booteasy code design is such that it's really only > suited for simple arrangements. For more complex systems, I have to > recommend either the OS/2 Boot Manager (if you have OS/2) or System > Commander. If you insist on freeware, then OS-BS may also do what you > want. In my experience, OS-BS doesn't work as well as Booteasy. Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message