on 8/26/02 6:04 AM, Nigel Pearson at nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:
 
> The Booter does not currently allow selection of a SCSI bus.
> 
> The MacOS does something tricky, though. If your disk is at ID 4,
> and there is no ID 4 on the internal bus, then the SCSI calls to the
> MacOS for ID 4 will just work. i.e. the Booter will find and load the
> kernel. (note that  have not verified this)
It does not work.
I have 0&1 as internal disks and 4 as the external disk with MacBSD. I
disabled all other external devices to make less confusion. The booter
doesnt find the kernel on 4.

> 
> The problem will be the kernel:
> a) Does the kernel have drivers for both busses?
> b) Does the kernel have a way of selecting the bus for the root device?
I have no way to verify this... since the booter dosn't goes beyond the
first step.

-ric