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by **Alban Pearc** » Tue, 18 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Hi is there a simple way to change the order of probing/booting for scsi
cards in the 2.0 kernel I have a DPT 2120 eata card and an adaptec 1740 card
and the kernel always boots from the adaptec not the DPT and I want to change
this Thanks for any Info ...

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by **Andreas Dilg** » Tue, 18 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>Hi is there a simple way to change the order of probing/booting for scsi
>cards in the 2.0 kernel I have a DPT 2120 eata card and an adaptec 1740 card
>and the kernel always boots from the adaptec not the DPT and I want to change

I don't think it has anything to do with the kernel, as it would have to be
able to read the kernel before it could boot, wouldn't it? Earlier along
the bootup is LILO, but to run LILO you would still need to be reading from
the correct disk. I think the boot sequence is based on the I/O port order,
or possibly the order the cards are in the slot.

Cheers, Andreas.
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by **Rob Janss** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Quote:>Hi is there a simple way to change the order of probing/booting for scsi
>cards in the 2.0 kernel I have a DPT 2120 eata card and an adaptec 1740 card
>and the kernel always boots from the adaptec not the DPT and I want to change
>this Thanks for any Info ...

Where the system boots from is determined by the BIOS, not by Linux.
You may have the option of moving the BIOS roms on the cards around. Try
to assign the rom on the DPT card a lower address than the Adaptec card,
so it will be found first during boot.

Rob
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