[NBLUG/talk] HP BIOS Flash

[E Frank Ball]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 04:55:23PM -0500, jeff at dreadidread.homelinux.org wrote:
} Hi All,
} 
} I have an old HP Vectra P2 that I'm having trouble with. Basically, I can
} install an OS, but I can't boot it after the install. I get "L", and that's it.
} I'm pretty sure that's an "L" as in Lilo. Anyway, I've installed a very bare
} bones RH9.0 on it.
 
Getting the boot partition at the beginning was mentioned.  How big does
the bios think the drive is?

You may need the "linear" option, I did on some of my older HP boxes.

Can you be more specific as to the model?  I have put linux on a wide
variety of Vectras.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com