On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:35:47 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2004-06-26 00:59, Henrik W Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this some weirdness of the BIOS? That the onboard IDE controllers > > are somehow inherently preferred, and that weirdness occurs if > > drives on any other controller are set to drive 0? It beats me, > > maybe one of you guys know. Please let me know if you do, as this > > befuddles me. > > AFAIK it's not a weirdness of the BIOS but of the Windows XP loader, > which expects that it will be fired up from the first (and only) > active partition of the first disk. That's right. /One/ way to deal with this behaviour of windows is to change the booting devices in the bios. You can also install GAG wich is absolutely wanderfull! http://gag.sourceforge.net -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.10 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilya _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
