In message <Pine.WNT.4.43.0112281319500.1184-100000@todd>, Todd Vierling writes
>I currently have an IA-1 disassembled on my bedroom floor, and the
>CMOS-clear jumper has been set for many minutes.  I have plugged it in, and
>got the keyboard error message (as well as the 30MB memory test and "System
>Options Not Set").  However, after the memory test, the unit just reboots
>and goes back to the MSN Companion.

Hmm.  You may need to leave it unplugged for a bit, then put the jumper
back.  After that, you should be able to hold down the compaq key, and
get into the BIOS.

>It doesn't look like the unit even attempts to boot from CF; I put in both a
>Lexar 16MB and a CompUSA 48MB (mfd by Superflash), both with a boot-big.fs
>and a Jailbait Linux image, and it always ends up in MSN Companion.

Right; it boots to the internal by default until the BIOS is changed.

-s