[syslinux] isolinux: Extremely broken BIOS detected
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Dec 8 20:48:47 PST 2004
Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
> It seems your BIOS is not broken, but the firmware of your SCSI controller.
> If you had an IDE drive, booting would probably work. I guess Smart Boot Manager will also fail, as there's no ATAPI cdromdrive?
Ah yes, missed that little detail. Yes, whenever you boot from a device
(any device) connected to a SCSI controller, you're using a piece of
BIOS code that is provided *with that SCSI controller.* This is
separate from your system BIOS, and generally has a completely separate
set of bugs.
-hpa
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