[plug] Phoenix 80486 Bios

Mike Holland myk at golden.wattle.id.au
Thu Jan 28 12:51:40 WST 1999


some firmware-related questions...

I have an australian-made Osborne 486, and have changed the
HDD.
But i cant figure out how to change the bios settings.
The spacebar stops memory check, but nothing else seems to have any
effect. Does anyone know Phoenix bioses?

Also, the disk is LBA formatted, which the BIOS doesnt know. I can boot
linux from floppy, but i guess LILO cant cope with a non-LBA bios???
If i must reformat, what is the best way to wipe the partition table
and start from scratch?  "dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hda"?

P.S. This is not my main machine, honest :)

Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
                          --==--
For perfect happiness, remember two things:
        (1) Be content with what you've got.
        (2) Be sure you've got plenty.





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