Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:45:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: phk@critter.tfs.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X for install Message-ID: <199601040215.MAA09757@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601031811.LAA15071@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 3, 96 11:11:41 am
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > Actually, you are still left with the problem of determining the > difference between BIOS chaining order and BSD controller/drive > probe order. > > In other words, which controller is the boot controller in a two > controller system? A three controller system? Etc. You can do a reasonable job of this by stacking primary then secondary IDE controllers first, followed by SCSI cards in BIOS base address order, if my recollection of the BIOS bootstrap mechanism is correct. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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