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SwanGeese
08-14-2002, 04:31 PM
I ordered a new motherboard that has a VIA KT133A chipset on it. On the Mandrake page, there is a note that says:"Boot with this following command and add this line in lilo : linux nobiospnp". I boot Linux off of a floppy, so when i get the line "Boot:", i just type "linux nobiospnp" after it(and do i need to press return or not)? Also, do i just put "linux nobiospnp" at the end of my lilo config file? Or does it need to be in a particular spot? Sorry, i don't have anything to reference to because my old motherboard died and there is no way to boot up the harddrive. I just wanted to make sure before i reinstalled Linux. :)

ntt.
08-15-2002, 12:16 PM
Best way is to edit the lilo config file and add the following line:

append="nobiospnp"

If the append line is already there, simply add nobiospnp somewhere within the quotes. And yes, you can just type linux nobiospnp into the lilo boot prompt, and press enter - it will do the same thing.

SwanGeese
08-15-2002, 08:13 PM
Ok, that is easy enough. Thanks a whole bunch! :D