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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.tyrell.net!tyrell.net!krtaute From: krtaute@tyrell.net (Kevin R. Taute) Subject: Re: SCSI & IDE h/drive together; which will boot? Message-ID: <D0DB41.1z8@tyrell.net> Sender: usenet@tyrell.net (*) Nntp-Posting-Host: tyrell.net Organization: Tyrell Corporation - 800-TYRELL-1 - POP's in 504/816/913 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3buhjl$pcc@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 02:33:36 GMT Lines: 17 S Marquard (smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za) wrote: : With a SCSI & IDE drive in the same machine, which one will the computer : boot on? Every thing I have read (including the manuals for controllers) has stated that if both a SCSI and IDE (or MFM or ESDI) are installed, the system will try to boot from the IDE (etc) first. Some SCSI controllers may be able to boot instead, but I have not seen any. I (usually) install one or the other, so I could be wrong. : Is it possible to set this one way or another? Does it depend on the : drive or controller make? : Answers appreciated from any kind souls who have this setup. : Stephen Marquard