Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2007/09/15 23:20 (GMT-0400) Derek W. Keoughan apparently typed:
> 
>> It's a simple matter to pick the boot device in the BIOS - you could 
>> boot from SATA #3 if you wanted to, for whatever reason.
> 
> If a little test I did today is any indication, rearranging the boot order
> for SATA in the BIOS may not work with OS/2. I tried, and no matter what, I
> always got the cannot operate your HD message when trying the use the HD
> connected to the #4 SATA port, even when all other HDs were disabled either
> via lack of power or with NONE set for it in the BIOS. Moving the very HD
> from the #4 SATA port to the #1 worked fine.

There's always an exception to the rule, I suppose.  I have a BIOS here 
that refuses to boot from a particular DVD-RW drive, in spite of it 
being selected in the menu (and loaded with a bootable disc).

I'll have to check this out on some motherboards I have here for 
OS/2-related compatibility - I know it works with WindowsXP and the 
various flavours of Linux I deploy.

-Derek

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