Re: BIOS interface design

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: BIOS interface design
Date: 20:34 on 06 Nov 2003
> Why do I select '+' to move an down in the boot priority and '-'
> to move it up?

Be glad you can organize the boot priority at all.

I mean, normal BIOS you get on white-box PCs gives you this kind of thing:

	SCSI, CDROM, A:
	CDROM, C:, A:
	A:, C:, SCSI
	...

The first problem is that if you want to boot from SCSI on just about
any SCSI controller, incuding the one included on the motherboard, you
have to select "C:". If you select "SCSI, CDROM, A:" it won't find the
hard disk *ever*.

The second problem is that 99% of the time you either want to boot from
the hard disk only, or you want to try the floppy and the CD, then the
hard disk. AND THERE IS NO OPTION FOR THAT. I'm serious. Go look for
either "A:, CDROM, C:" or "CDROM, A:, C:". THEY ARE NOT IN THERE.

This is not rocket science.

> But just so folks don't think I'm picking on x86, I have one word:
> Forth.

forth of all time the greatest language is! simple efficient and to learn
easy also! like yoda talking in no time will you be! scary thing is, serious
am I.

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