Hugo Bouckaert wrote: > > I am trying to repartition a computer. I am merging two partitions, hda3 > and hda4 into one large hda3. I use fdisk, do mkfs, and when I look at > the partitioning under fdisk, all is fine. Then I edit fstab, reboot and > do a df. What I see is that the "new" hda3 is still the old size (2 MB) > rather than the (merged) 4 mb it should be after partitioning. > > But I noticed, although the BIOS exists that, upon reboot, I get the > message. > > "BIOS not installed" > > Presumably the BIOS is not read in and hence the partitioning isn't > either. I did an autodetect for the BIOS, but that didn't help either. > > How do you reinstall the BIOS if, when holding down the del key upon > rebooting, it is clearly there? > > Thanks > > Hugo > > -- > Dr Hugo Bouckaert - Systems Administrator, Computer Science UWA > Tel: +(61 8) 9380 2878 / Fax: +(61 8) 9380 1089 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Web: http://www.cs.uwa.edu.au/~hugo > -====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====- > to unsubscribe email "unsubscribe linux-admin" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > See the linux-admin FAQ: http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/ Hi, Are you using a SCSI adapter ? If so, fire the adapter CMOS and turn on the "BIOS LOADER ON STARTUP". Hope it helps, Sergio
