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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Can I boot from an AHA1542C with an IDE on board? Date: 28 Sep 1993 13:23:34 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 26 Message-ID: <289vfk$ks9@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <CE2MtK.HFu@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <CE2MtK.HFu@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wgsteven@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Warren Stevens) writes: >I have a Adaptec 1542C with a magnetic optical drive attached and my >regular 120Meg hard drive, connected to a generic IDE controller. Is >there some way i can boot linux/386bsd derivitive directly from the >SCSI controller? I'd rather not reformat my IDE drive, and set up >things that redirect the boot process to a different controller. >Any ideas? > If you are using 'new' boot blocks, then you will want to boot from hd(1,a):/netbsd or hd(1,a):/freebsd or hd(1,a):/386bsd. If not, no. The way to tell is that new boot blocks are interactive. You have an opportunity to enter this information. The old boot blocks did not give you a choice. Once the system is loaded, it is possible to change the system so that it will boot from either (See the FAQ for more information). -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX