Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 11:16:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ponds!freefall.cdrom.com!freebsd-hackers Subject: What's wrong with a bootable CDROM??? Message-ID: <199706021516.LAA21941@lakes.water.net>
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Ok - As of 2.2.1; the CD-ROMs from Walnut Creek are bootable. Normally, I would have thought this to be a marvelous thing, but I have come to hate it. You see, the packages are the installation (bootable) CD-ROM, and I tend to leave it in the drive. Now - the machine is rebooted; say because of a powerfail, in an unattended situation. My aha2940UW dutifully discovers the bootable CD-ROM, assigns it to drive A and boots. This leaves me in a lovely installation package, but doesn't get my machine up :-). I don't know what exactly to do about it (I can disable booting from the CNTRL-A aha2940 setup, I think.) But, I just wanted to voice a dissenting opinion. After some experience, I've decided I don't like the bootable CD-ROMs. Also, I've decided that the CD-ROMs should stay bootable, particularly for neophyte installations. So, I'll just have to live with it. Does anyone else have a suggestion? - Dave Rivers -
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