Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!vsi1!apple!dwb
From: dwb@Apple.COM (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: small booting problem (Help!)
Message-ID: <20602@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 88 22:22:37 GMT
References: <3570@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <3570@crash.cts.com> andym@crash.CTS.COM (Andy Micone) writes:
>
>We have a MacII with two hard drives, an internal 100meg at SCSI ID 2, 
>and the external one with A/UX at SCSI ID 5.  In the MacOs I've set it
>up so that the 100meg internal is the startup device, rather than the
>A/UX external.  My problem is that the internal disk will only be the
>startup device on a restart, not on a powerup, probably due to the fact
>the SCSI starts with the higher scsi numbers and works down. Is there
>any way through software to get the Mac NOT to boot up on the A/UX disk
>on powerup?  It's not a problem for me to restart, but many people on
>my staff are not extremely computer literate, and I can't be there all
>the time.
	Using the Control Panel's Startup Device you can set any volume
to be the boot volume.
>
>andym@crash.CTS.COM
>UUCP: ucsd!crash!andym




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