How to specify which drive to boot from? (Solved)

[davec51]

Two questions, that maybe only a new user would ask:
1. How do I boot manually? I have two drives, with the setup set to look for Drive D first (a CD-RW drive), then the floppy, then the HD. I'd like it to look first at Drive E (a CD-R Drive), but I can't seem to make it do that by changing boot under setup.
2. Can I boot from the old CD-R-type drive anyway?
Thanks in advance.

[zigbert]

I guess this is IDE-cd-drives.

I also guess they are connected to the second IDE-slot on your motherboard.

If I understand you correct, your BIOS doesn't give the access to choose whitch cd to boot.

The D-drive is set as master, and your E-drive is set to slave. Switch master / slave, and your problem might have been solved.

Good luck

[davec51]

The D-drive is set as master, and your E-drive is set to slave. Switch master / slave, and your problem might have been solved.

That is exactly the situation. I guess I'm going to have to pull the drives out and switch the jumpers. Is there an easier way?

[davec51]

Thanks, Zigbert.
I swiched the jumpers and it boots perfectly from the desired CD Drive, without any adjustment to the BIOS. That was just what I needed.
Now if I could only get my Epson printer to work with Puppy.