Hi Erich

>The real danger (as others can attest to as well) is *not* using the 
>biosnetboot option.  In this case, GRUB installs an INT 19h (bootstrap) 
>handler.  This completely takes over the booting process, making it
>necessary to remove (or erase) the DoC to restore the BIOS boot
>sequence.

>In other words, the biosnetboot option -- if your BIOS supports it --
>is the most flexible, least risky way to boot from the DoC with GRUB.
>
>There is an additional GRUB patch that allows you to bypass the DoC
>boot entirely -- by pressing the CTRL key while booting:
>
>http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2002-August/005730.html

I STRONGLY recommend that you install this patch, because I didn't and
had a lot of problems after:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2002-September/005944.html

Regards,
Mateo

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