I was under the impression this was controlled through bios settings. On Saturday, March 2, 2013, Howard White wrote:
> Thank you to one and all that chimed in on the partition discussion. We > might all agree that there is no "one size fits all" configuration. > > I am trying to resurrect a system where underlying hardware has gone kaput > (heck, it's an eight year old kit that's been running 24/7 the entire time. > The exact resurrection is not the question. > > When one cobbles together a system composed of hard disks that come from > all manner origins, what determines _which_ master boot record takes > precedence??? It would be convenient (but apparently wrong) that /dev/sda > would be the primary mbr (sound the klaxon). > > Neither wishful thinking nor psychic powers seem to allow me to take > control of this process. Anybody got any tips? > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/nlug-talk?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en> > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
