From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 00:27:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E61337B401 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 00:27:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CRWdog.demon.co.uk (c-67-161-102-60.client.comcast.net [67.161.102.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FEC43F3F for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 00:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by CRWdog.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE0B24C; Sun, 4 May 2003 00:26:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert In-Reply-To: Message from Terry Lambert of "Sat, 03 May 2003 19:05:23 PDT." <3EB47563.58841D21@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1577033068P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 00:26:22 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow Message-Id: <20030504072622.4FE0B24C@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> cc: Matthias Buelow cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 07:27:20 -0000 --==_Exmh_1577033068P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Matthias Buelow wrote: > > I might also add that there are probably quite a few of us > > who've always been using scsi cdroms, also to keep the machine > > ide-free... and that pc bioses often have extreme trouble booting > > from scsi cdroms, if at all (I've never seen a PC myself where > > this worked), so the only option is floppies, or netboot. > > You need to buy Adaptec controllers; they can boot CDROMs. All my AT mobo 586's boot just fine off Tekram 390's (Symbios, as was) controllers with Plextor CDs. I like 2940's just fine (and still own a few), but the Tekram cards were about 25% of the price... The Award BIOS on the mobos specifically has an option to re-order the booting from SCSI devices before/after IDE drives and/or a floppy. Cheers, AS --==_Exmh_1577033068P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE+tMCePHh895bDXeQRAu/rAKCVDvJFf5vBd3VeC8xi+XwI9tEBAACgmM7E A1U2oi3T9jCTXRl4wtZ/iMk= =wfh/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1577033068P--