On Sun, 16 May 2004 13:44:48 +0200 "Christian Christmann" <plfriko@yahoo.de> wrote: > the BIOS if my motherboard doesn't recognize my > new 160GB harddisk correctly. I'd like to boot from this > device. > Is there a way to overcome this problem with lilo etc. ? No, if the BIOS doesn't recognize the disk, you won't be able to boot from it. The kernel itself should recognize the disk, so if you boot from a floppy, USB stick or CD, you should be fine. I have a similar problem, the BIOS *crashes* when trying to auto-detect the disks, but Linux itself has no problem. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de
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