On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: : On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Alec Smith wrote: : : > The BIOS for Compaq machines is a seperate partition. You'll have to blank : > out the drive so its got no partitions, install the SoftPaq, then : > reinstall your OS stuff, being careful not to wipe out the Compaq stuff. : > : > Now you know why I'll never buy Compaq -- Not even if my life depends on : > it. :) : : That's two of us (at least).
I'm "compelled" by corporate policy to buy either Compaq or IBM hardware. Linux runs great on Netfinity platforms :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)