On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:32:25PM -0800, Edik Landaveri wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 08:27:55AM -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Gary, > > Installing a desktop environment & unistalling other shouldn't have had to screw up your boot sector. I think what you did is inadvertdly changed your bios settings. If it was working before and after that no. Do you remember having played with the BIOS settings? You can disable EFI on the BIOS if you wish. Maybe that's how was installed and then you changed. Once in a while I have a similar issue which I pinpointed to be the same, so I go back && change it to defaults & it works. > > Cheers, > > Edik I didnt meant to ignore your email! yes, of course I messed around with the BIOS on f-17. just not quite sure what I was doing. ive got the newst Fedora 17 CD and have found the DVD ... so I'm all set. wHether Mike's mods to the /boot directory or your suggestion to alter the BIOS is better is a "dontcare" in engineering terms. I just want something that *works* until this bug is fixed. until then, this IEFI is a serious POS. the tech I hired did the initial install; he mentioned having to much around with "something". When i booted up my CD , I pressed F12 and got a screen with three options. I chose the most familiar: BIOS. I didnt see the EFI listed in the BIOS. THat seriously may be the way to fix this problem. I dont remember what I did in the BIOS, But it's worth a reboot! -gary > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Gary Kline kline@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
