I figured out the problem with my Linux box – the BIOS was so old it wouldn’t recognize any drives larger than 136 gig – so, I squinted real hard and found out the motherboard model – Gigabyte GA-81RM, logged on to their website and found the revision. The bios in the machine was rev 3, the latest was rev 8. So I d/l’d it and flashed the eprom – shazaam, new machine. It also addressed some problems I was having with the USB ports. Nothing like a 6 year old machine to give you fits. So, since it was all updated, I decided, what the heck, I’ll make it a quad boot – Windows on a small hard drive, three flavors of Linux on the big one. Loading it as we speak and typing this on Pinkie via wireless internet. Late.
Your pocket protector is showing!
But it’s a super duper, heavy duty, clear plastic one!