Re: Case of the bizarre bootstrap...

["Charles H. Baker" <cbaker cdc net>]

What about upgrading your bios?

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Green <linux cyberstorm demon co uk>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 8:14 PM
Subject: Case of the bizarre bootstrap...


>I have mentioned in a previous post what I believe to be a serious
>problem. I have now identified it further in the hope that a solution
>can be found:
>
>I have two Hard Disks. A 6.4Gb Fujitsu and a 3.2Gb Seagate (Master,
>Slave). Both EIDE.
>
>I have DOS 6.22 and NT4. I am getting RH5.1. I want DOS/NT/Linux options
>at bootup, with Linux being default.
>
>Problem: my BIOS won't recognise the master disk because it's too old to
>see bigger that 400+megs of it. Tech support solution: Get Fujitsu's
>ONTRACK software.
>
>ONTRACK is a DOS program that sees all hard disks under CHS mode (which
>is what the master HD has to be under for it to be seen at all) and LBA
>mode (my Slave).
>
>It allows me to configure my hard disk(s) by partitioning them in small-
>enough checks for my BIOS to see them, and then installs itself in the
>bootstrap to load special driover to allow whatever OSes I choose to see
>the HD(s) properly.
>
>The upshot of this of course is that whenever software asks you to boot
>with the installation disk, you can't. To get the Hard disks under DOS,
>you need to hit spacebar when the ONTRACK software has booted and
>prompts if a disk is to be booted from, hit that key now.
>
>Of course, LILO will want to install itself onto the bootstrap,
>rendering ONTRACK obliterated and my Master disk invisible with
>horrifying repercussions. All AFAIK of course.
>
>So then, good people, how do get around that one then hey? (Other than
>using a floppy-boot.)
>
>--
>James Green
>
>
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