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Arne Schwabe writes:

>  > The "emulation" or whatever it was was set in the BIOS.  And it worked
>  > in the BIOS.  Worked when the OS got up to sysinstall, too.  Just
>  > wouldn't work for the loader.  Luckily, I didn't need to do anything
>  > but wait for it to boot, but I figured the BIOS was laughing at me
>  > behind my back...
>
>  Same here with an ASUS A8V Deluxe.

	I have a similar problem with an ASUS P4<something> and possibly
a P3.  However, I have been told (it's in the archives) this may be
a known problem with the BIOS/ASUS firmware,


					Robert Huff