man, what was i thinking...maybe it was the eject fix or something that i can't remember. i've been up all night. sorry heinrich.
it kinda makes sense that there are no bios that don't look at the DVD first. if they didn't look at the DVD drive first for boot, it would be kind of a hassle if you flashed your bios before installing a new dash or anything. i know you could get back in with a gamesave hack, but those were a relatively recent development. what would one have done in that situation before gamesaves and font exploits?