From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Cc: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Re: CDROM boot failed, how can i do? Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:37:10 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0ebfc2fe-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Douglas A. Gwyn wrote: > Jim Choate wrote: > > ... I'd say -never- > > put your CD drive as a slave on a EIDE (or IDE for that matter), unless > > you're sure you'll -never- want to boot from it. > > There shouldn't be any problem booting from any IDE position. However, the fact is there -is-. I've seen this on Windows, Linux, Plan 9, Unununium, etc. So have many others over many years, it is not a new problem by any means. If you want to minimize the hassles with CD's then always put them in as the master. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------