#FDISK /STATUS command results in: disk drv mbytes free usage 1 4338 100% 2 8676 100% # SCSI details: Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI Host Adapter SCSI ID -> 7 Boot SCSI ID -> 5 Boot LUN Number -> 0 SCSI ID #0: IBM OEM DCHS04U (disk1) SCSI ID #1: SEAGATE ST39173W (disk2) SCSI ID #5: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA SCSI ID #7: AIC-7880 what seems strange is that the boot SCSI or boot LUN is pointing to the CD-ROM, and in BIOS is set to A than C, because there is no option to boot from the CD-ROM there.