Public bug reported:
After a successful install of Ubuntu 8.04 on my Dell Dimension 8300
desktop, I decided to install it on my older Dell Latitude CPxH laptop
with Pentium III 500 MHz processor, 256 KB ram. I was hoping to bring
back a little "zip" for the older machine which was now running Windows
XP Pro.
However, during the install I got a warning that I only had 255 KB ram
(?) and Ubuntu might not install properly. As predicted, it didn't and
locked up on install. However, the REAL problem is that now I can no
longer access the BIOS. I can get into bios setup with F2 as normal, but
cannot make changes or even exit {ESC}. Also the dell service tag and
asset numbers are now blank.
I've tried re-flashing the BIOS from 1.44 MB disk to no avail. Right
now, I'd just like to get the bios working again. Any help would really
be appreciated.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ubuntu 8.04 corrupts Dell CPxH Bios
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259474
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