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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:03:43 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Boot Restrictions

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> at 10:14 AM, "J. R. Fox" said:
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> >partition fell slightly past the 10G. mark on an 18G. boot
> >drive. Maybe it was a SCSI thing, or a BIOS issue, and would not come
> >into play on more contemporary hardware ?

Steven replied:

> It's not a SCSI thing. To be able to boot from anywhere on the drive, the
> BIOS, the Boot Manager and OS2BOOT must all cooperate. If you are using
> the eCS 1.0 version of BM and OS2BOOT, then that says your BIOS is too
> old.

Thanks, Steven. I think that little mystery finally has an answer. That is the
final BIOS rev. for that MB, too. I plan to keep that system going for another
couple years, so I've adapted the layout around those limitations.

Jordan

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