Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:11:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What I consider and odd install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970713220819.9975A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199707140430.OAA07478@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Al Johnson stands accused of saying: > > > > No matter what I do I can't get the FreeBSD boot manager to give me the > > option of booting from the JAZ drive. I've gone thru and made sure it's > > BIOS recognized. The order displayed at boot time is: C:3.8GB EIDE D:1GB > > Seagate, 82h JAZ, 83h EZ135. > > The bootmangler (and many BIOSsen) only supports booting from the first > two drives. You may have better luck installing a different boot manager. > (eg. OS-BS) FreeBSD's booteasy can boot from the 2nd drive, at least on IDE systems. I just displays something like "F5 - Disk 2", and then you press F5 to display the boot selections for disk 2. Very neat. 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. > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > Tom
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