Re: Do SCSI disks have a MBR (master boot record)?
On Wednesday 20 November 2002 11:07 am, wrote:
> Do SCSI disks have a MBR?
>
> Is it just LBA=0 on the disk?
>
> Should lilo be installed in MBR or the
> other choice during install to boot debian
> linux from a scsi disk?
>
> I installed Lilo in MBR of a SCSI only system
> and I have to use the rescue floppy to boot every
> time. The floppy is annoyingly slow to boot.
>
> The AHA-2940UW says BIOS installed correctly
> and then insert bootable media.
> I marked the /boot partition as bootable.
sometimes the mainboards bios has a boot sequence selection, IDE or
SCSI. If the IDE is selected on a scsi system it will try to boot from
IDE, fail , boot from floppy.
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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