Subject: Re: BIOS boot drive order vs. NetBSD probe order
To: VaX#n8 <vax@carolina.rr.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/11/2003 22:38:21
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:33:02PM -0600, VaX#n8 wrote:
> I have 3 SCSI buses on my computer.  They are driven by PCI controllers.
> Counting from the slot closest to my CPU, they are:
> 1) external narrow single-ended bus; Bustek BT-946C
> 2) internal narrow single-ended bus; ASUS PCI-SC200 (based on NCR chipset)
> 3) external wide differential bus; Bustek BT-958D
> 
> Note that the Asus motherboard has a SCSI BIOS on it, and the PCI-SC200
> apparently uses that chip (it was an inexpensive add-on card).
> 
> Unfortunately, the BIOS seems to boot from the drives on the PCI-SC200.
> I'd like it to boot from the higher-performance BT-958D.

You probably have an option in the BIOS to disable the PCI-SC200 bios
(at last there is one on my machine).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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