From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 1 14:54:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18587 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:54:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18581 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:54:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA10127; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:53:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803012253.OAA10127@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 01 Mar 1998 22:43:33 GMT." <199803012243.PAA27485@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 14:53:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > When there are three disks on the system, you can only boot from the > > first (no option to goto the second or third disk is given). > > > > Is this fixable ? > > Yes. You need to burn a new BIOS for your machine and up the drive > count from 2 to however many you want so that the BIOS will put the > right %dl value (ie: 0x82, 0x83, ...). Uh, actually I think the problem is the Booteasy only checks the LSB of the drive count value. If it's set, there's one drive, if it's clear, there are two. It's been a long time since I looked at the code, but I do seem to recall that with 4 drives you get two items on the menu again. Either way, the booteasy code design is such that it's really only suited for simple arrangements. For more complex systems, I have to recommend either the OS/2 Boot Manager (if you have OS/2) or System Commander. If you insist on freeware, then OS-BS may also do what you want. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message