Re: [LUG] Plug and Play OS

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Monday 28 Oct 2002 1:27 pm, David Bell wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Some Guru's reckon that "P&P OS" option should be deselected in the BIOS
> setup when installing Linux, although I have never come across this in
> the installation guidance on any distro's.  Is this a safe option on a

Mandrake used to recommend that at 7.2 and I did have a SoundBlaster card 
that failed to operate until P&P was disabled and the card I/O and IRQ 
configured manually using a DOS boot disc. (I think it happened to conflict 
with the network card). 

> dual boot (Windows/Linux) box where Windows is already installed, or
> should one deselect the BIOS option and then perform a clean install of
> both OS's?

Windows continued to operate without P&P (although no subsequent hardware was 
added) until finally erased, for good. No re-install of Windows needed 
because of P&P.

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Neil Williams
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