[101039] in RedHat Linux List
RE: compaq and linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LEBLIN Jean-Yves)
Tue Nov 24 11:12:19 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 17:12:17 +0100
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From: LEBLIN Jean-Yves <leblin@iae.univ-nantes.fr>
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>This partition is not the CMOS. The partition called the System Partition.
>On desktop Compaqs this is preconfigured from the factory. On Compaq
>servers, this is created by the SmartStart installation utility.
>
>This software here allows you to change values in CMOS as well as add and
>remove hardware. If this partition poses a problem, then it can be=
removed,
>and the system will be usable until a hardware or CMOS change is necessary.
>If you have a server, you can run the System Configuration Utility from the
>SmartStart CD. If you have a desktop, you can download the utility from=
the
>website ( www.compaq,com ), and boot from a system configuration floppy.
>
>
>The MBR is located at the start of the ACTIVE partition. This is the
>partition that you boot from. The MBR on Compaqs is NOT on the System
>Configuration Utility partition. Compaq computers have some sort of boot
>manager in ROM that will boot from the NON-DOS partition when F10 is
>pressed.=20
>
>Is it possible to place LILO on the active partition, instead of letting it
>have the first sector of the hard drive? Someone else will have to answer
>that, as I have not yet tried it, but I think it should be possible...
Thanks, thats already a good beginning, i was afraid i couldn't configure
the computer anymore if i deleted the partition. Now i'll try to make a
floppy.=20
Anyway if anybody has already had this problem, any more help will be
wellcomed.
Thanks again
JY
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