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From: Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Booting scsi disks in 2 IDE disk systems
Date: 10 Sep 1996 14:41:25 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <32345013.167EB0E7@rwwa.com>, Robert Withrow  <witr@rwwa.com> wrote:
> What is the correct way of booting some scsi disk in a
> system that already has 2 IDE disks configured.
> 
> 1) Manually, and

Use ``hd'' in place of ``wd'' or ``sd'' at the boot prompt.

> 2) Automatically

I thinkOS-BS 2.0beta8 (which you may find on the CD) is able to boot from
different disks.
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Ollivier ROBERT   -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TIS -=-   Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr
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