Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:24:32 -0500 From: Jim Thompson <jct@blkbox.com> To: aic7xxx Mailing List <AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lilo: "not the first disk" Message-ID: <199809091424.JAA04058@mail.blkbox.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980909092132.14508D-100000@ganesh.phy.duke.edu> References: <199809082251.RAA02777@mail.blkbox.com> <Pine.LNX.3.96.980909092132.14508D-100000@ganesh.phy.duke.edu>
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>>>>> "rgb" == Robert G Brown <rgb@phy.duke.edu> writes:
rgb> This is not correct. I've built several systems with both IDE
rgb> and SCSI drives and booted off of either one; the real issue is
rgb> what is found in the MBR of the drive marked in the BIOS as the
rgb> primary boot drive, since this is what the BIOS firmware will
rgb> load to start the boot process.
I repeat: it's not a boot-time problem; it's an install-time problem.
In any case, I think the lilo.conf fix suggested earlier is the right
answer. It seems pretty clear to me that lilo is making a bogus
assumption about boot-drive ordering in mixed systems.
Jim
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