J. Greenlees wrote: > Felix Miata wrote:
> >*That BIOS option should really be named "let windoze 95, 98, or ME > >mismanage your hardware resources at its whim". Linux isn't designed for > >such mismanagement. I have found that on some machines, not enabling > >that option can make windoze substantially more difficult to install. > >Since no version of windoze has every been installed or booted on this > >machine, there has never been any reason to enable it*. > but the bios manufaturers all think you are going to be corrupting your > system with windoze, so it defaults to on. > even my ancient AT board defaults the pnpos to on. ( pentium-mmx cpu ) This AT motherboard was designed about five years ago, which means I have subjected it to several BIOS upgrades. The second thing done by any experienced flasher after a post-flash restart is fixing inappropriate defaults. There isn't a single machine in this building with BIOS PNP OS enabled. -- ". . . . in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you . . . ." Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** Rotary ONLY since 1973 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ <- More than just a FAQ
