1. RE: Another IDE Bug!
euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> I have a vendor locked edition..But the O/S was part of
> the purchase of the machine...
>
> Yes it does state that you may use this on only one machine
> so tell me, why if I formated the IBM and put LINUX on
> that box (which I did) now I have a drink coaster....
>
Euman:
As far as I know you still should be able to put that OS back
on that same machine because the id is stored in the BIOS MEMORY
and after formating or replacining the drive it still should
be able to install that CD. The reason OEM's have locked bios
is because they purchase the OS at a discount price and must
lock them because of this special price requirement.
Bernie
