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From: rbickers@intercenter.net (Ron Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: BSDI sd1 boot problem
Date: 9 Aug 1996 15:03:03 GMT
Organization: The Internet Center - Raleigh, NC
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I have a PC with 2 SCSI drives, the first (sd0) is only Win95 and the
second (sd1) is only BSDI 2.1.  I've installed the bootany.sys MBR on
sd0 and it gives me the F1/F2 option to boot on either drive.
When I select Win95, it boots up just fine.  When I select BSD/OS
the machine reboots without any notice whatsoever.

I can boot to the Boot: prompt from the BSDI floppy, then do an
sd(0,1,1,0)/bsd and it'll boot right up just like it should.

All the docs & past mailing list archives have been no help.  I'm
using a BusLogic 445C VLB and have tried aha & bios boot blocks
as well as fiddling with the card's settings, but never any
different results.
 
Any ideas?
  
Ron.