Method and apparatus for effecting drive ordering via adapter pr

Details Method and apparatus for effecting drive ordering via adapter pr Method and apparatus for effecting drive ordering via adapter pr

1995-09-21

1997-12-09

Kriess, Kevin A.

G06F 906

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056969686

ABSTRACT:
A method for enabling a user to designate device order and boot-device preference in a computer system in which the devices are controlled by mass storage controllers is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a customization program of the present invention gathers user preference order for any controllers present in a computer system, which information is stored in a nonvolatile storage element in the computer system. During bootup of the computer, the system's ROM BIOS retrieves the stored preference information and initializes the system's mass storage controllers in the user-specified order. This initialization ordering controls which set of drives is configured first, and therefore, which drive is given boot priority and the drive ordering as seen by the operating system.

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