On Friday 27 September 2002 08:07 am, you wrote: > > George Baker wrote: > > >I've got a Compaq DP 4000 P166 which creates a partition with the > > software > > > >to change any CMOS settings (you push F10). After installing MDK 7.0 > > > with LILO I can't get into the Cmos settings. Is there a way of > > > pointing LILO > > to+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > >this partition. Luckily I still have the stiffy disks to change any > > >settings. > > > > > >Thanks > > >George Baker > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >South Africa > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > George, > > I don't think that you want to point LILO to the 'Maintenance > > Partition' that Compaq puts on the HD do you? There really isn't > > anything there for you except bios settings which you do before going > > into LILO. It is a propriety partition and only used for setting the > > bios requirements. Usually you can get into this as you said by F10 or > > by the disks. > > The problem is that after installing LILO you can't get into the BIOS > settings - pushing F10 has no effect - so even changing your boot order > requires using the disks which is time consuming as you have to load 3 > separate disks. let me say first I decided it was to much effort for me, but could you not just make 2 fat partitions (maybe 15-30 megs each?), and allow the disks to copy and repair the bios info (or what ever it needs to find on those disks) to the second fat partition and set the first partition as the dos boot (hda1) partition and then try it?
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