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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!quagga.ru.ac.za!ucthpx!itu1.sun.ac.za!cstatd.cstat.co.za!news From: markm@iaccess.za (Mark Murray) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: SCSI & IDE h/drive together; which will boot? Date: 6 Dec 1994 07:05:00 GMT Organization: Internet Africa Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3c12es$1p1@cstatd.cstat.co.za> References: <3buhjl$pcc@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 196.7.0.75 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.1 In article <3buhjl$pcc@ucthpx.uct.ac.za>, smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (S Marquard) says: > >With a SCSI & IDE drive in the same machine, which one will the computer >boot on? With out-of-the-box settings, the IDE will boot. >Is it possible to set this one way or another? Does it depend on the >drive or controller make? Yes it can be set. If you are using *bsd, you could put the IDE at a different address (where the BIOS will not recognise it). Build a new kernel, and Bob's your auntie! Just check that your SCSI controller supports booting and that your IDE can be relocated in the IO map. >Answers appreciated from any kind souls who have this setup. Did it once... Mark