[ltp] How to keep IBM RescueRecovery working after FC3 Linux installation?

[Kelvin KAN]

Hello,

After several attempts to install FC3 on my 80GB drive, I found the 
Linux installation seems to disable the IBM RescueRecovery function 
(normally accessible by [AccessIBM] button on system power up). 

Any idea if IBM RR (for XP) & FC3 Linux can co-exist?  Or if it is just 
disabled (w/o being erased), how can I regain it w/o the pain to re-read 
thru all the RR CDs?  I've tried the 3 options of the Predesktop Area in 
BIOS: Secure, Normal, Disabled.

My system setup procedure is:

1.  On XP, run "Create Recovery Discs" from my brand new T42, to create 
7 RR CDs

2.  Test-Recover the XP installation by Recovering from the above 7 CDs

3.  Re-partn the drive to the table below, using PartnMagic
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10337 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        3522    26626288+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            3523        9661    46410840    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3            9707       10337     4770360   12  Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda5            3523        5961    18438808+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6            5962        7722    13313128+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7            7723        9582    14056843+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8            9582        9661      594373+  82  Linux swap

4.  Install FC3 onto partn hda7 above

5.  Both XP and Linux can boot to OS normally.  The RR partn (hda3) 
seems to be still there (XP Disk Management recognizes it as IBM_Service)

6.  But the RescueRecovery cannot be invoked from [AccessIBM] button 
during power up.


Thanks,
-
kelvin.