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Re: compaq and linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Morgan)
Tue Nov 24 15:27:26 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:22:06 -0600
From: David Morgan <dmorgan@dls.net>
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On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, LEBLIN Jean-Yves wrote:
> I've had a look at my partitions and discovered a "non-dos" partition where
> compaq probably puts its configuring system to load the (95) then. I think
> there is some sort of loader in the mbr that uses this partition. Now my
> problem is how shall i overpass this to start installing RH and then what
> will happen when i will try to setuo LILO.
>I could be wrong, but as far as I know, compaq stores some part / most >of
>the system bios on the hard drive, in that "non-dos partition". i don't
>know if the machines that use that disk-bios thing can work without it.
>
>
>but, my compaq knowledge is very limitted, so feel free to correct me >:)
Compaq stores all of the binaries to give you the fancy GUI on that
partition, as for the loader in the MBR...well I don't know for a fact
but I'd have to say probably. I have a Compaq deskpro that I blew that
away after I found that I couldn't boot to it after installing Linux.
make a disk set and you'll still be able to get to it
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