[OT] SCSI termination trouble? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Feb 2001

On Feb 9,  9:45, Richard Erlacher wrote:
...
  The boot drive normally IS at ID=0, however. 
That's a real convention
 throughout the SCSI usage.  I don't recall ever seeing a system that would
...
  boot, say, from ID=4.  Most PC's will promote the
ID=1 device to the boot
 rank, but not if ID=0 is present but manlfunctioning.  YMMV, of course. 
Not so.  That's a PC convention.  Suns, SGIs and HP workstations will
happily boot from ID 4 or other IDs, in fact it's necessary if you want to
boot from a tape or CD-ROM.  Most Suns and SGIs default to booting from ID
1.

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