Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel | Date | Thu, 03 Jun 1999 12:33:03 +0800 | From | David Luyer <> |
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> Is it common for the BIOS to be able to configure and boot > from PCMCIA IDE cards? My (somewhat well informed) impression is that > this is not so common or so fool-proof. It doesn't work this way on > any of the laptops I've owned.
Well, you haven't owned all the laptops. Some of the ones without any internal removable media drives -- floppy or CD -- have 'smart' BIOSes, otherwise with a HDD failure you'd be screwed.
David.
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