Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 17:07:14 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SP3G, SCSI disks, IDE cdrom Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951217170626.2919B-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM>
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if i add an ide cdrom drive, can i still boot to the scsi drives by default? the motherboard (ASUS PCI/I-486SP3G Rev 1.8, coOmmonly called an sp3g) states "If you have an IDE hard disk installed, a SCSI hard disk can not be the boot drive, so be sure the IDE drive is assigned to 'Drive C'". (in the bios setup up screens) "SCSI drives operate using device drivers and are not supported directly by any current PC BIOS." the on-board SCSI is NCR53C810. given the low price of IDE cdrom drives and the infrequent use that mine would get, i am very tempted ;) to install one. but not at the price of losing the bootable scsi disks that i now have. any one tried this? jmb Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
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