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Randy

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 22:05 -0400, Cor van Dijk wrote:
> One of my older machines has  windows  on /dev/hda and redhat on 
> /dev/hdd. It suddenly refused to boot the /dev/hda. Will only boot 
> redhat from a floppy. When I do "/sbin/lilo -t" it tells me
>         "Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible"
> Initially I thought it was the physical drive, so I tried 3 (three) 
> different
> drives on /dev/hda, all with the same result, so I am tending to believe 
> that the problem is actually were the message says that it is, in the BIOS.
> When I try to put the boot record on /dev/hdd I get the same message.
> Replacing the 3 volt battery does no good (old one still had over 3 volt 
> after nine years!)
> Curious thing is that I can mount /dev/hda from /dev/hdd just fine.
> Does the BIOS prevent me from accessing the boot sector in /dev/hda?
> The mobo is probably a pirated item from china, but the BIOS chip is an 
> AWARD, and is  probably tailored to fit the mobo, might be hard to find 
> a replacement.
> Any pointers? What is BIOS drive 0x82? Is it actually the BIOS? Can it 
> be fixed?
> Thanks in advance for any help. Cor van Dijk
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