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From: tom@tandon.UUCP (Tom Friel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Change the order of boot selection
Message-ID: <18@tandon.UUCP>
Date: 2 Apr 91 16:16:21 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.190430.4005@hubcap.clemson.edu> <3113@kluge.fiu.edu>
Reply-To: tom@.UUCP (Tom Friel)
Organization: Tandon Computer Corporation
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Regarding the subject of selecting boot devices and partitions, I have to
gloat a little bit.

**All** Tandon systems offer this feature.  We optionally provide a boot menu
listing all partitions (active or not) on up to 4 boot devices.  This can
total 16 different items to boot from (which I have only actually seen once!)

It requires smart BIOS **and** an operating system that does not assume
it is the first device on the disk controller (unit '80').  Our systems
require Tandon DOS to fully support all these features.  EXAMPLE: Unix and
Xenix will only boot from the primary device.

We have offered this and an integral setup screen in our BIOS since 1986,
and we were the first to offer either feature.  The setup screen can also
be set to run in any of 6 languages...  Enough for now...

As mentioned in an earlier article, the only other systems **I** have seen
that offer a selectable boot order are those containing Microid Research
"Mr. BIOS."  Understandable.  The developer of Mr. BIOS used to work for me!
We called him Mr. BIOS in our hallways here...  He's going gangbusters and
I wish him well.


Tom Friel      | Tandon Computer Corporation           |   (805)  |
tom@quad1.UUCP | 609 Science Drive Moorpark, CA  93021 | 378-7881 |
tom@tandon.com | Moorpark, CA  93021                   |__________|
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Tom Friel      | Tandon Computer Corporation           |   (805)  |
tom@quad1.UUCP | 609 Science Drive Moorpark, CA  93021 | 378-7881 |
tom@quad.com   | Moorpark, CA  93021                   |__________|
UUCP: ..psivax!quad1!tandon!tom ..psivax!quad1!tom