re booting from b drive david weisberger djweisbe unix amherst edu wrote i have a drive as drive a how can i make the system boot from my b drive optimally the computer would be able to boot from either a or b checking them in order for a bootable disk but if i have to switch cables around and simply switch the drives so that it can t boot disks that s ok also boot b won t do the trick for me thanks davebo we had the same issue plague us for months on our gateway i finally got tired of it so i permanently interchanged the drives the only reason i didn t do it in the first place was because i had several bootable s and some based install disks which expected the a drive i order all new software and upgrades to be and the number of stupid install programs that can t handle an alternate drive are declining with time the ones i had are now upgraded and as for the bootable s i just cut replacements if switching the drives is not an option you might be able to wire up a drive switch to your computer chasis i haven t tried it but i think it would work as long as it is wired carefully gordon lang
