[oclug] Fedora Core 3 install problem

[Bill Strosberg]

Alex at Avantel wrote:
> How would I check that?  Can't find anything in the BIOS that looks like 
> that??
> 
> I've tried following the quickie howto at;
> 
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-975.html
> 
> but that didn't make any difference either.
> 
> Puzzled!
> 
> Alex
> ====
> 
> 
> On February 15, 2005 11:44 am, Frank Stratton - VE3YY wrote:
> 
>>HI,
>>This is just a wild ass guess but is your bios set up so that changes
>>cannot be made to the first sector on the disk?
>>
>>Frank

Alex:

<BIOS vendor-dependent stuff ahead>

When you power on the computer, you'll usually see the press [whatever] 
for setup.  Press this and look for:

Boot Sector Virus Protection

If this is enabled, writes to the boot sector of the disk are inhibited, 
and you will not be able to update the MBR on the disk.  Try disabling 
this setting (if set) and doing a fix MBR.

On the motherboard in front of me, it is in Boot->Security->Boot sector 
virus protection.

Regards,

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Bill Strosberg