J.'LoneWolf' Mattsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ snip: adding ata100 controller ]
>> This is normally the easy bit. If you don't want to boot off a drive >> connected to this controller you don't have to do anything in the BIOS. >> If you want to boot off this controller, simply change the boot >> order/device to attempt "External" or "SCSI" first. I think Abit refers >> to it as "External", but otherwise the "SCSI" option should work well >> (unless of course there's an onboard SCSI controller on the motherboard). What are my options if the BIOS is stupid/old enough not to have such a knob? I'll be facing a similar situation very soon, and I'm considering following options: a) Putting only a boot sector on a floppy (the machine will not be rebooted much) b) if that fails, is there something else to be put on a floppy? the loader? how? c) like a) or b), on a CD-R disc. -- Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they can make your life miserable by doing nothing. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
