Re: Former Zoo'er Newbie Needs Help

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > LILO is also pretty easy to make work as long as you have
> > current BIOS that can handle large hard drives (LBA BIOS).
> > Installing Redhat (and I believe SuSE) will setup your system
> > for you as a dual boot Linux/Win by default.  Also very easy
> > if you let the install program do it for you.
> 
> Thanks for the tips Bruce, maybe I can do this without Partition Magic after
> all.  Is there a way to tell if my BIOS is LBA compatible?  I just purchased
> this board last December and I flashed it once for some tweaks.  I checked
> my board manufacturer's site (FIC) and didn't notice any BIOS updates
> mentioning LBA, so am I to assume it already has it?

A computer that new shouldn't have any problems with LBA BIOS.
I've only run into that problem on 386s, 486s and early Pentiums.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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