Some SCSI controllers let you configure which SCSI ID is the boot device
(definitely including the 2940UW -- press Ctrl-A when it gives you the
option to do so; others always use device 0.  I'm not sure which category
the Fireport falls into.

David Gillett


On 10 Dec 2003 at 18:09, James Maki wrote:

> I am putting together a second computer with spare parts for a Linux system.
> I have an older Fireport 40 SCSI adapter and Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter. I
> want to pair one of them with an old SCSI CDROM and SCSI CDRW. I don't have
> a spare IDE CDROM and the Linux installation CD is a boot CD.
>
> I have not been able to find the method to have the SCSI CDROM as a boot
> device. I have tried to designate "SCSI" as the primary boot device in the
> BIOS but I still get an error message upon booting that there is no boot
> device available. Any suggestions or hints on what I need to do? Thanks.
>
> Jim Maki
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