Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:54:23 -0500 | From | "Christopher Friesen" <> | Subject | Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? |
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Timur Tabi wrote:
> And this is a problem that has plagues all PC operating systems, but has never > been a problem on the Macintosh. Why? Because the Mac was designed to handle > this problem, but the PC never was. > > The Mac never enumerates its devices like the PC does (no C: D: etc, no > /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, or anything like that). It also remembers the boot device > in its EEPROM (the Startup Disk Control Panel handles this).
Are you sure about that? According to my documentation on installing linux on a G4 with scsi disks, you need to specify a device enumeration string like the following to tell the system where to look for the boot device:
/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4,1/@6:5
where the '6' is the SCSI ID of the drive, and the '5' is the partition number of the boot partition. So if you change SCSI IDs or add a new partition and change the partition numbering of the drive, your computer can't boot anymore.
Chris
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