Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 14:53:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd Message-ID: <199803012253.OAA10127@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Mar 1998 22:43:33 GMT." <199803012243.PAA27485@usr08.primenet.com>
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> > When there are three disks on the system, you can only boot from the > > first (no option to goto the second or third disk is given). > > > > Is this fixable ? > > Yes. You need to burn a new BIOS for your machine and up the drive > count from 2 to however many you want so that the BIOS will put the > right %dl value (ie: 0x82, 0x83, ...). Uh, actually I think the problem is the Booteasy only checks the LSB of the drive count value. If it's set, there's one drive, if it's clear, there are two. It's been a long time since I looked at the code, but I do seem to recall that with 4 drives you get two items on the menu again. Either way, the booteasy code design is such that it's really only suited for simple arrangements. For more complex systems, I have to recommend either the OS/2 Boot Manager (if you have OS/2) or System Commander. If you insist on freeware, then OS-BS may also do what you want. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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