On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Aaron Howell wrote: > The problem with your below message is that you haven't actually told us what the pc does when you try to boot from the hd. > lilo indicates different error states by how far along it gets in printing the word Lilo. > Do you even get that far, or does lilo not even come up? Lilo never executes. No sign of lilo ever being run. The bios boot process simply checks for a floppy, then checks for a CD, then gives me a polite message telling me to select a boot device or insert a bootable media. > If your hard drive is uata66 or uata100, make sure the computer store is using an appropriate cable for it (this might be the source of your dma issues). > You might also have to se That is worth checking. I assumed they would know that much, but all bets are off on that score. Thanks for the suggestions. -- The Moon is Full So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
