Floppy Support

[Andy Sparrow]

> Matthias Buelow wrote:
> > I might also add that there are probably quite a few of us
> > who've always been using scsi cdroms, also to keep the machine
> > ide-free... and that pc bioses often have extreme trouble booting
> > from scsi cdroms, if at all (I've never seen a PC myself where
> > this worked), so the only option is floppies, or netboot.
> 
> You need to buy Adaptec controllers; they can boot CDROMs.

All my AT mobo 586's boot just fine off Tekram 390's (Symbios, as was) 
controllers with Plextor CDs. I like 2940's just fine (and still own a 
few), but the Tekram cards were about 25% of the price...

The Award BIOS on the mobos specifically has an option to re-order the 
booting from SCSI devices before/after IDE drives and/or a floppy.

Cheers,

AS


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