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to: Maurice Kinal
from: David Drummond
date: 2003-08-28 17:33:06
subject: HDs

Al salaam a'alaykum Maurice

27 Aug 03 21:45, Maurice Kinal wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> When I found a BIOS upgrade for the machine and flashed it in, the
 DD>> BIOS then recognised the full size of the drive.

 MK> Huh?  You're a real cheater aren't you?

Cheater???

 DD>> Of course, it wouldn't boot then :-(

 MK> Heh, heh.

 DD>> Luckily I'd made a lilo diskette so I booted from that, ran
 DD>> liloconfig, and averything was fine again.

 MK> Aw!

 DD>> (note: the machine is a small footprint PIII-450 Compaq.)

 MK> Ouch!  I feel your pain.

Nope, no pain. The machine runs fine, and as I got it for nothing, I can't
complain about the price.

Regards,
David

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