Hi Nuno, I followed the instructions from this page:
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html rebooted without the livecd, and nothing. I put my hand on the top of the system, and it feels like the hard drive keeps searching for something to load. I am wondering if my harddrive is failing. Any tips on how to test/fix it are appreciated. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nuno Magalhães [mailto:nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:16 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: lenny won't boot after re-install > > > 2009/4/24 Don Raikes <don.rai...@oracle.com>: > > I guess that is my problem (what are the usual suspects)? > > Me neither, i was just shooting blanks :) You say you installed the > system (repeatedly), so i assume you got as far as "Let's reboot into > your new system". I never had a system failing at that point... It's > hard to guess: your boot-loader config? The MBR's messed up? > > > Since I am blind, I am not sure how I will pull down the > gnome livecd and see what I can do from there. > > Don't know what you mean by "gnome live cd", anyway i suggested the > liveCD from Linux From Scratch[1], which is meant as a base for > building a linux distro: thus, it only has the bare essencials (no X) > and is good for troubleshooting. > > I'm sure you can navigate their site. Good luck. > > Cheers, > Nuno > > [1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/ > -- > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
