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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Bootable tapes:
Date: 18 Feb 1995 22:05:27 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Marc Ramirez <mrami@mramirez.sy.yale.edu> wrote:
]
] Does anyone know of a controller/tape combo with which I can make 
] bootable tapes for PCs?  This abiliy would be a great asset for me.

The limitation is in the BIOS.

Adaptec allows for booting from the first SCSI device in their BIOS;
I don't know if it includes tapes, but it does include CDROM.

                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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