On Saturday 20 March 2004 08:10 pm, Marc wrote:
> �It seems to me like something has been done to the bios in
> the Gateway to make it NOT recognize any HDD with Linux
> installed on it.
Quite possible, but I don't think it's a anti-Linux
conspiracy. More likely the board/bios is spec'd to be just
barely adequate to boot and run the Winsux version it was shipped
with. And winblows will run on junk, Linux often won't.
> The MOBO was made by Intel but the Bios was
> customized with the Gateway logo so I really cant say Who is
> responsible for the bios problems intel or Gateway but due to
> the fact that Intel brand MOBOs are used in so many brands of
> computers if this was a Intel related problem I suspect that we
> all would have heard about it much sooner.
The motherboard was made by Intel, but to Dell (substandard,
corner cutting) specs. Yes Dell. They order so many
motherboards, some other large ready made vendors are stuck usin
the same spec board. The bios is spec'd by Gateway tho. You can
(or use to be able) to find out about OEM SPEC ONLY Intel boards
on the Intel website. Burried in technical docs. These
substandard spec boards/bioses are not somethin Intel likes to
advertise. Dell would rather consumers didn't see it either.
Years ago, hardware sites (eg, Tom's Hardware Guide) use to
comment on and expose this information ... until they were
threatened with legal action, and tied up with NDA's
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