disk boot error

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I can't answer the question, but I have a question on your configuration. I 
noticed that you have the swap space on /dev/sda11, which is at the end 
of the drive. Normally, I try to place the swap in a centrally located 
partition to reduce head movement. (If I have a separate /var, I like it 
adjacent to that). 

In any case, I also have an ASUS mother board with a SCSI CD ROM 
with IDE disks, and likewise I have not been able to boot the CD ROMs.

On 25 Jun 2001, at 12:55, Ron Peterson wrote:

> 
> I have a machine built around an ASUS CUR-DLS dual socket 370
> motherboard
> that is giving me a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS
> ENTER" on boot.
> 
> The machine has two SCSI disks 18GB each.  It runs fine if I boot from
> CD
> or floppy (e.g. 'rescue root=/dev/sda5').
> 
> It is partitioned for Debian Potato as follows:
> 
> /dev/sda1, Primary/Bootable, 16MB, Ext2 (linux), /boot
> /dev/sda5, Logical, 2GB, Ext2 (linux), /
> /dev/sda6, Logical, 4GB, Ext2 (linux), /home
> /dev/sda7, Logical, 4GB, Ext2 (linux), /usr
> /dev/sda8, Logical, 4GB, Ext2 (linux), /usr/local
> /dev/sda9, Logical, 2GB, Ext2 (linux), /var/log
> /dev/sda10, Logical, 1.5GB, Ext2 (linux), /tmp
> /dev/sda11, Logical, 512MB, Swap (linux), (swap)
> 
> There are no IDE disks (the CD is an IDE device).
> 
> Switching the boot order in the BIOS around has not helped (e.g. -
> making
> the SCSI drive the only bootable device.)
> 
> BIOS update?  I'm out of ideas.  It's way past noon, so I'm also out to
> lunch...
> 
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> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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