Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:37:08 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot0 configuration question... Message-ID: <20040626103708.35642408.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20040626003547.GA75676@gothmog.gr> References: <40DC77C4.4020503@broadpark.no> <1088166069.24879.199166115@webmail.messagingengine.com> <40DCE70C.2010706@broadpark.no> <40DD2CC4.1050605@broadpark.no> <20040626003547.GA75676@gothmog.gr>
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:47 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2004-06-26 00:59, Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no> wrote: > > Is this some weirdness of the BIOS? That the onboard IDE controllers > > are somehow inherently preferred, and that weirdness occurs if > > drives on any other controller are set to drive 0? It beats me, > > maybe one of you guys know. Please let me know if you do, as this > > befuddles me. > > AFAIK it's not a weirdness of the BIOS but of the Windows XP loader, > which expects that it will be fired up from the first (and only) > active partition of the first disk. That's right. /One/ way to deal with this behaviour of windows is to change the booting devices in the bios. You can also install GAG wich is absolutely wanderfull! http://gag.sourceforge.net -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.10 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilya
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