-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gene Heskett wrote: > I hadn't done that, does thinking about it count? :) 1 credit. > So its deeper than that. Hey, a dvd block size is 2048. Is 512 enough? you are correct. not even near. i have never looked at a dvd track 1 until now. and now that i have i am at a wonder about what i have read about using a bootable floppy to create a bootable dvd. i presumed that by using a floppy, it's bootsector would be used to apply to sector of dvd. i know know how much i was mistaken. i ran 'dd' 2048x1 to see what would be there and it was all 00. x10 was all 00. x100 and i found it blank all the way thru 0x7fff. at 0x8000 is disk label info. after that bit of disappointment, i decided that i will search web tonight to see what i can find on layout of track for cd's and dvd's. i am in cst zone, so it will be a little while after 0600hrs utc before i go look. i noted another reply in thread. possibly i will be save some time by one who is knowledgeable with plastic mirrors. :o) > Probably too old, and HP's web site search sucks, I won't say how bad but its > rated in Torrs with a -39 ee notation. > > I found 2 bios updates, depends on the motherboard in this one and I have NDI > how to determine that quickly. linux format has a hardware id program that is supposed to be able to pull all that info. have used it a couple time with some early installs, but do not recall if it does mainboard info. > Later friend. i thank you for that. ;o) > Its the alky that does it. I can drink one beer, but 2 is out. My normal is > 2 an evening, of very lo cal stuff. i quit beer in 1962 while stationed at tyndall afb, fl. out with a crew from barracks and was introduced to boiler makers, i was stone on 3rd. after a long recovery next morning of 2 hours in shower with straight cold water, i swore off beer. still drank up to about 35 yrs old and then quit all but a greek liquor called metaxa. made from grapes and is of 2 ratings of 5 and 7 star. 7 star is 92 to 98 proof. 3 to 4 shots are my limit and do not drink them very often. > Actually I'm a semi-retired broadcast engineer. Need something to keep me out > of the bars, otherwise I'd sit in this chair till the odor of death was > present I fear. broadcast engineers never die, they just 'cherry out their finials'. > <http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/Genes-Web-pages.html> bookmarked for later. > A typu as SWMBO would say, make the first 'Gene' into 'gene'. will get back off list on rest. peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ **** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJNIwo+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAmLDAKCcBzmsRcJzUuin4/WaPTh17Mp2VgCgvT4B qa9Ngbr7LW4iIACoSLzzaIQ= =xWBt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines