got it. thanks for the help. :) Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Berry" <sberry@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: RE: switching from amd to p3 > Just one more thing to add Tyler. Some of the more modern Bios also can > use > f2 to enter the bios setup. > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Doug Sutherland > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:07 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: switching from amd to p3 > > Tyler, I believe disk boot failure is a BIOS error, not a linux error. > It can happen if there is no drive, or the drive is not bootable, it > could also happen if the BIOS boot options are not set properly, > usually listed as boot priority, you usually want something like > floppy, cdrom, ide0, ide1 boot priority. If the cables all seem > okay I the next thing to check would be if the BIOS is seeing > the drive. On modern BIOS the drives will usually be set to > auto but if you press F8 it will detect the drives and show you > them in BIOS (may be a different function key for a different > BIOS). Confirm that BIOS is seeing the drive, and showing it > as master, then check the boot priority settings in BIOS to > make sure IDE0 is in the boot priority list. There are also > settings in BIOS for the hard drive DMA mode, the lowest > mode being PIO0, which is original IDE. If still not booting > try setting that the lowest possible mode. The highest mode > is probably PIO5 or Ultra DMA, or UDMA 133. > > At this point, after checking BIOS, if it sees the drive as > master, IDE0 is in the boot list, the DMA mode is lowest > PIO0, and it still won't boot, I would suggest putting it > back in the original machine and making sure it boots. > > If it doesn't boot there I would check the partition table > using fdisk or cfdisk or similar, check the bootable flag and > make sure a partition is marked as bootable, and it's the > correct partition, the one with grub installed. You can do > this by booting from a linux CD and running fdisk -l or > cfdisk. > > If BIOS on target system is seeing the drive as master and > the drive will boot in original machine, then I'd say its time > to try a different drive in target motherboard to make sure > the IDE controller is working okay. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 6/17/2007 > 8:23 AM > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
