On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:52:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > I'm pretty sure I've heard of old BIOSes that refuse to boot from a disk > that doesn't contain an active partition.
Not necessary old. My previous laptop, a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C1020, which I bought two years ago (and which was stolen from me last year) had that problem. A two-year-old laptop containing a [EMAIL PROTECTED] isn't actually 'old' in my eyes :-) -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

