RE: [OT] boot CD from grub?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jens Grivolla [mailto:j-news2003-03@grivolla.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: [OT] boot CD from grub?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> this isn't exactly Debian related, but I didn't find a good place to
> ask, sorry.
>
> I have a system that won't boot from (SCSI-)cdrom when any IDE
> harddrives are configured in the BIOS (yes, this is very definitely a
> bug). This is somewhat annoying and I am looking for a workaround.
>
> As I do have a floppy disk drive I was thinking of booting Grub from a
> floppy disk and then chainloading on from the CD. Unfortunately, this
> does not seem to be supported by Grub. Has anybody found a way to
> make this work, or is there some other way to force booting from CD,
> bypassing the BIOS?
>
> Thanks for any hints or pointers...
>
> Ciao,
> Jens
>
>
Jens,
This is not a bug, per se. The IDE bus will ALWAYS boot before SCSI in a
PC, there is no way around that. Unfortunately, probably your "easiest"
option would be to add or replace the SCSI CD-ROM with and IDE.
Barry deFreese
NTS Technology Services Manager
Nike Team Sports
(949)-616-4005
Barry.deFreese@nike.com
"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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