From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 08:37:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A9C16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:37:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [217.122.132.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A48D43D54 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:37:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from lothlorien.nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [::ffff:217.122.132.217]) (IDENT: dick) by nagual.st with esmtp; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:37:08 +0200 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:37:08 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: nagual.SiTe X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Boot0 configuration question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:37:44 -0000 On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:47 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-06-26 00:59, Henrik W Lund 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