[ale] bios setup on old 386

[geof at abraxis.com (Geoffrey Myers)]

Jacob Langseth wrote:

> On Saturday, October 25, 1997 2:00 AM, Geoffrey Myers [SMTP:geof at abraxis.com]
> wrote:
> > I'm trying to install Linux on an old 386, but can't figure out how to
> > go into bios setup.  I've tried various keys, del, esc and various
> > function keys.  Any clues.  It's Phoenix 80386 rom bios version 1.00 00.
>
> Some of the older bios's required boot-disks to access them...

Thanks to all for the various suggestions.  I tried them all, in the end it
looks like I needed a setup.com program.  I located one on the net, downloaded
it and it worked.  Thanks to all..

>
>
> Compaq comes to mind, but dunno if I've ever seen a phoenix
> that required one.



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