From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:07:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:06:58 -0500 Received: from passion.cambridge.redhat.com ([172.16.18.67]:22659 "EHLO passion.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:06:54 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E9518C@ATL_MS1> In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E9518C@ATL_MS1> To: Venkatesh Ramamurthy Cc: "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'Alan Cox'" Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:06:46 +0000 Message-ID: <29608.979661206@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Venkateshr@ami.com said: > we need some kind of signature being written in the drive, which the > kernel will use for determining the boot drive and later re-order > drives, if required. > Is someone handling this already? It should be possible to read the BIOS setting for this option and behave accordingly. Please give full details of how to read and interpret the information stored in the CMOS for all versions of AMI BIOS, and I'll take a look at this. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/