Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-16 Thread Malcolm Hunter
Hi Greg, On Wednesday 16 October 2002 10:01, Greg Alexander wrote: > You shouldn't need to access the bios while the OS is running, sounds like > a notebook. > > Try pressing "DEL" or "CTRL-ALT-ESC" During the POST. Try reading the thread before posting a reply :¬). It's F10, and it loads BIOS s

RE: Bios - No access

2002-10-16 Thread Greg Alexander
You shouldn't need to access the bios while the OS is running, sounds like a notebook. Try pressing "DEL" or "CTRL-ALT-ESC" During the POST. SPZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:psyche-list-admin@;redhat.com]On Behalf Of webmaster Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:48 PM

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-14 Thread Chris Kloiber
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 12:48, webmaster wrote: > Since I have installed ver 8, I can > no longer access my bios. When the box > was NT, I had not problems. Anyone else > experance this problem? Some systems (some Compaq ProLiant's are especially famous for this) has only a stub of a bios in the

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-14 Thread webmaster
Was able to find the bios disk online. Boot from FD, did the bios check, found that the sleep was turned on, change and havent had a problem since. -- Original Message -- From: Malcolm Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-14 Thread Malcolm Hunter
On Monday 14 October 2002 00:43, Steven Rubenstein wrote: > Well, I finally understand what you're saying. How about the "F10" > button's gone bad? How about discharging the CMOS for 30 secs. or so (by > popping the battery if need be?...) This is a Compaq PC which, in Compaq's infinite wisdom, ha

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Steven Rubenstein
Well, I finally understand what you're saying. How about the "F10" button's gone bad? How about discharging the CMOS for 30 secs. or so (by popping the battery if need be?...) SJR webmaster wrote: 8.0 runs just fine. Im trying to get to my BIOS to see what the setting are on my NIC. The NIC i

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread webmaster
8.0 runs just fine. Im trying to get to my BIOS to see what the setting are on my NIC. The NIC is going into some "sleep" mode after 20 min. I have changed all the power settings on 8.0 to see if that was the problem. -- Original Message -- From: Steven

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Malcolm Hunter
On Sunday 13 October 2002 21:17, webmaster wrote: > Just have linux on the box. Worked fine with > RH 7.3 I enter the command on boot (F10) and > all I get is to the RH boot screen. It must be your BIOS util partition is borked. Try recreating it from the diskette. If you don't have one, you can

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Steven Rubenstein
So how do you know it's a BIOS problem? Again, does 8.0 appear to install successfully? SJR webmaster wrote: Just have linux on the box. Worked fine with RH 7.3 I enter the command on boot (F10) and all I get is to the RH boot screen. From: Steven Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can you no

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread webmaster
Its a Compaq PII box. The system stripe is still there. What about a new NIC and not use the built in NIC? -- Original Message -- From: Michèl Alexandre Salim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13 Oct 2002 21:12:34 +0100 >On Sun, 200

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread webmaster
Just have linux on the box. Worked fine with RH 7.3 I enter the command on boot (F10) and all I get is to the RH boot screen. -- Original Message -- From: Steven Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Michèl Alexandre Salim
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 17:48, webmaster wrote: > Since I have installed ver 8, I can > no longer access my bios. When the box > was NT, I had not problems. Anyone else > experance this problem? > What BIOS is your computer running? I used to have a Compaq PC with a very minimal amount of BIOS m

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Steven Rubenstein
Can you not "access the BIOS" on installation or on startup? Can you still "access the BIOS" with any other OS? SJR Gerry Tool wrote: webmaster wrote: Since I have installed ver 8, I can no longer access my bios. When the box was NT, I had not problems. Anyone else experance this problem?

Re: Bios - No access

2002-10-13 Thread Gerry Tool
webmaster wrote: Since I have installed ver 8, I can no longer access my bios. When the box was NT, I had not problems. Anyone else experance this problem? I don't understand your problem. An operating system on a harddrive should have nothing to do with accessing the bios during machine