[GLLUG] Thinkpad BIOS II

[Chick Tower]

That's a great idea, Stan.  Thanks.

I tried it, and it did let me configure the BIOS, so at least I know the 
code doesn't reside on the hard disk.

Maybe it is as Clay suggested, that the 10GB hard drive I tried can't be 
handled by the BIOS, or maybe, as J. Neveau suggested, it's a problem 
with the master/slave jumper setting.  Thanks for those suggestions, too.

I can update the BIOS (by many version numbers and almost four years), 
but, since the laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, I'll have to install 
Win95 or Win98 first to run the update program, and then install the 
Linux I want or try the larger drive again to see if the new BIOS can 
recognize it.


                                Chick

On 03/07/2012 10:31 PM, Stan Mortel wrote:
> On 3/7/2012 10:24 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>> I forgot my second question. Could the FreeBSD on the replacement hard
>> drive be interfering somehow with the BIOS configuration? I don't see
>> how, but I can't think of anything else to explain it that I haven't
>> already asked.
> Chick,
>
> Take the hard drive out and boot into the BIOS and see what happens.
>
> Stan
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