> Part II: I was speaking with someone about Linux and Compaqs and he said
> that he had just read something about the cache (becoming disabled?) when
> Linux was loaded on a Compaq. Thought I would get to talk more with this
> guy and get the exact specs (like, for instance where he read this) but now
> will not get to do so. Has anyone had bizarre probs with Linux on a
> Compaq? I checked with the Compaq company but, as most often, the people
> with whom I spoke were clueless. I have TurboLinux and Win 98 :-P on my
> Compaq and it is set up as a dual-boot. It's running *terribly* and the
> cache might be the problem. However, I've recently been told that Compaq
> puts aside 10mb on the hard drive for the bios, *etc.* and I've not been
> able to get into the bios since I added the extra hd and since Linux was
> loaded.
>
> Jai Jai
I'm running RH 5.2 on my Compaq Armada (laptop). It runs fine. It seems
quite a bit faster than Winxx. As far as the BIOS... I think you have
to have a free partition of, say, 6mb in fat-16 format and you can d/l 2
programs that make 2 disks that allow you to recreate that. The other
option is to just keep these 2 disks around as they allow you to boot
into the BIOS and give you full BIOS functionality. Personally, that's
what I do as I *never* go into the BIOS anyways now that everything is
stable. To find these programs that make the disks, search on the
compaq site for bios and <your computer name> I think.
- Paul
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