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dpathirana@sri.crossvue.com said:
>  I formatted it with the nftl_format, how does this affect lilo?? How
> can I figure out if it's still there?? 

You probably removed the BIOS completely then. You can't use LILO without a 
BIOS to provide INT 13h functionality.

Reformat the DiskOnChip with the DFORMAT utility, and you should get the 
BIOS back. You shouldn't need to use nftl_format - I'm severely tempted to 
remove it from CVS.

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dwmw2