[BC] Computer question

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Some software on VAXes was, but I don't think anybody uses MAC addresses
anymore because the OS needs to be running with Ethernet driver(s) installed
to even find the MAC address.

If the BIOS on the new motherboard configures the physical C/H/S of the drive
the same way the other BIOS did when the OS was installed, it should boot.

A major problem is that for large media, the C/H/S are all virtual (read phony).
Since BIOS interrupt 0x13 is used to boot the system, and it uses cylinders,
heads, and sectors, the virtual configuration needs to be identical for the
boot process.

--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Steve Newman" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
> Glen....
> 
> Aren't the operating systems locked to the computer's MAC Address or 
> ID of the motherboard? I believe there is a process when you move a 
> hard drive from one rig to another. Maybe Sid or one of the IT 
> experts here can chime in.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
> 
> >I am having a bit of a problem with a computer here.  One of ours lost its
> >motherboard, so I scrounged another computer and moved the hard drive from
> >the first computer but it won't boot.  It will boot to Windows with the