Re: Help to get into the BIOS

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From: Jezz Botterill
Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 00:00

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In reply to <m3Nl4PADdGixEwrH@adhoc.demon.co.uk> on  Thu, 2 May 1996 08:41:55 
+0100 by Tim Stannard <Stannard@adhoc.demon.co.uk>, who wrote:


The best way is to remove the floppy cable. 


<< If you know the drive geometry, the easiest thing is to diconnect the
hard drive. If you don't, I wouldn't advise it as you need to get to the
BIOS to find out either a) the geometry of the drive or b) if the BIOS
supports autodetect. (I am assuming IDE here).

Failing that, you could remove some of the memory. >>

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