Hi Sam and all, On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 04:10:36 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
<snip> > Why should I install a BIOS extension on the computer having the newer > BIOS? There is no problem in recognizing C with the older computer, > even though it has a larger hard drive. > I'm still just as puzzled. seems it's not a question of BIOS date but of capabilities. Compare i.e. older Linuxes and newer DOSes :-). BTW, if You don't like the software solution, there are ISA cards carrying an additional ROM to bring BIOS up to date. I heard a rumour that these ROMs will work when plugged into the socket of a boot-ROM on a NIC. Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
