Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 21:21:48 -0700 (PDT) From: -Vince- <vince@earth.gaianet.net> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BootEasy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961008211919.7199D-100000@earth.gaianet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961008152220.2299B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Doug White wrote: > > > They don't -- the BIOS doesn't support it. > > > > Shouldn't the second HD be able to boot if the BIOS of the > > motherboard supports both primary and secondary interfaces? > > The SECOND HARD DRIVE in the system, yes. (I can't remember if it must be > on the primary controller or not.) The THIRD DRIVE no. The BIOS contains > two identifiers for boot disks: 0x80 and 0x81. These are assigned to the > first two disks found (except on some scsi controllers which can control > which designation is put on each disk). The second drive is on the primary controller since it won't make sense to put the second drive on another controller. I wonder what made the Booteasy menu change to not support the second drive when the third drive is connected to the secondary controller... Vince - GaiaNet Corporation Unix Networking Admin
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