From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 12 7:34:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.vagner.com (kk7ax.dsl.psn.net.182.63.209.in-addr.arpa [209.63.182.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9356D37B86D; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 07:34:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Received: from laptop (slip139-92-140-57.dub.ie.ibm.net [139.92.140.57]) by ns1.vagner.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA95714; Sat, 12 Aug 2000 07:39:18 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) From: "freebsd" To: "Mike Tancsa" , "Theo Bell" Cc: "Joel Bjork" , , Subject: RE: forcing which SCSI device to boot from Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 07:32:54 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0033_01C0042F.87514C40" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20000809122159.02c54660@marble.sentex.ca> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C0042F.87514C40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i believe you can "wire down" the device in a kernel config. I done it on a 3.1 system. check the FAQ on www.freebsd.org No 2 things can be the same, they cannot exist in the same space at the same time. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Tancsa Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 6:24 PM To: Theo Bell Cc: Joel Bjork; hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: forcing which SCSI device to boot from At 01:25 PM 8/9/00 -0300, Theo Bell wrote: >Hello, > >I think you may have to disable the one you don't want to boot from in the >BIOS. Hi, Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to do this in the 3ware card's BIOS :-( Nor does the MB's BIOS give enough granularity to specify which "SCSI device" to boot from. Does anyone have a URL to instructions to create a boot floppy. I am searching through the archives, but am having problems finding the reference to the instructions. ---Mike >Theo Bell >CFDnet.com Development Team >-------------------------------------- > >On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > At 06:01 PM 8/9/00 +0200, Joel Bjork wrote: > > > > >On 09-Aug-00 Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > > > > I have an Adaptec 2940 and a 3ware IDE raid card. I have been > booting from > > > > the Adaptec, but when I put the 3ware card in, the drive insists on > booting > > > > from the 3ware. Apart from making a boot floppy disk, is there any > way to > > > > force the drive to boot from the Adaptec ? > > > > > > > > ---Mike > > >Sounds like a BIOS issue, check the bootorder in the Bios, defaults are > > >ususally: floppy, IDE, SCSI > > > > Thanks, but I think the problem is that the BIOS sees the Adaptec and the > > 3ware card BOTH as SCSI devices. > > > > ---Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications mike@sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C0042F.87514C40 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="laszlo george vagner.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="laszlo george vagner.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:vagner;laszlo;george FN:laszlo george vagner ORG:Applied Mechanical;Equipment Services TITLE:Customer Service Engineer NOTE:Ham Radio Call Sign KF7NN TEL;CELL;VOICE:602-410-4197 TEL;HOME;FAX:602-410-1990 ADR;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;PMB 149=3D0D=3D0A13729 Research = Blvd.=3D0D=3D0ASuite 610;Austin;Texas;78750-1883;U=3D nited States of America LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:PMB 149=3D0D=3D0A13729 Research = Blvd.=3D0D=3D0ASuite 610=3D0D=3D0AAustin, Texas 78750-18=3D 83=3D0D=3D0AUnited States of America ADR;HOME:;;43923 N. 16th street;New River;Arizona;85087;United States of = America LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:43923 N. 16th street=3D0D=3D0ANew = River, Arizona 85087=3D0D=3D0AUnited States of Ame=3D rica URL:http://vagner.com URL:http://appliedmech.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:george@vagner.com REV:20000301T182751Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C0042F.87514C40-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message