Subj : Re: installing Linux on Win2000 HD, boot order mixed up, nothing working To : microsoft.public.win2000.setup,comp.os.linux From : Bill Marcum Date : Sun Aug 01 2004 10:19 pm ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.] On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:11:54 -0700, John wrote: > Also, (one more thing, on account of I'm a curious young fella :) from > all I've read about CMOS, the battery is what allows it to keep the BIOS > program stored on it. But, removing the battery doesn't clear the BIOS > program from the CMOS chip; it simply restores the factory settings it > had originally. Is that right? So the chip's BIOS program will be there > whether there's a battery or not, but the options that I set only stay > there while the battery is in place, assuming it still has some juice? That's right, removing the battery doesn't clear the BIOS program, just the settings. It is possible to change the BIOS program through a procedure called "flashing", but I don't think you need to worry about that now. -- The truth you speak has no past and no future. It is, and that's all it needs to be. .