Re: [LUG] Plug and Play OS

["Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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
> 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?

There isn't a simple answer, since it can depend on your chipset and
BIOS details. If you have problems detecting PnP hardware or you get
errors about IRQs not being assigned to PCI cards try changing it,
worst case senario you'll need to manually assign PCI IRQs.

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