From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 13 21:31:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA27712 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA27703 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA07478; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:00:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707140430.OAA07478@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: What I consider and odd install In-Reply-To: <01BC8FDE.4DE20120.Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net> from Al Johnson at "Jul 13, 97 10:44:20 pm" To: Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net (Al Johnson) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:00:24 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Al Johnson stands accused of saying: > > No matter what I do I can't get the FreeBSD boot manager to give me the > option of booting from the JAZ drive. I've gone thru and made sure it's > BIOS recognized. The order displayed at boot time is: C:3.8GB EIDE D:1GB > Seagate, 82h JAZ, 83h EZ135. The bootmangler (and many BIOSsen) only supports booting from the first two drives. You may have better luck installing a different boot manager. (eg. OS-BS) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[