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Date:      Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:20:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What I consider and odd install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970713231834.16170B-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <199707140614.PAA08466@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Michael Smith wrote:

> >   I think the problem is with the 2940 and the Jaz.  The Jaz is a
> > removable disk, and I recall special options in the Adaptec bios for bios
> > support for various removable, and extra drive type stuff.
> 
> The default 2940 configuration treats removables as fixed disks for
> booting only.

  How about enabling BIOS support for more drives?  Boot easy should see
the other drives, if the bios does, unless there is a design limitation in
boot easy.

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> 

Tom




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