Hi Ian,
Thank you for the reply.
The boot sequence was set to CDROM, A, C.
I downloaded Ranish, unzipped and copied to a floppy. The boot sequence was
changed to A, C, SCSI (no A, C, CDROM choice). When the computer is turned
on the boot screen lists Pri. Master Disk: LBA, UDMA 66, 8455MB, Pri. Slave
Disk: None, Sec. Master Disk: None, Sec. Slave Disk: CDROM, UDMA 33. Now
the error displayed is: Non-System disk or disk error Replace and strike any
key when ready.
What next?
I look forward to your reply.
Have a good day,
Cheers,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Wright" <watchm...@fastmail.fm>
To: <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem
> Jim Fleig wrote:----PS (My attempt to replace a previous
> version of Ubuntu with 8.04 has resulted in the following
> error message: Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and
> Press Enter. Prior to installing the 8.04 version the hard
> drive was scrubbed with DBAN. I have tried several things
> that I found on the internet (more than a few people have
> had the same problem) but have yet to solve the problem. It
> seems that the hard drive needs to be formatted. I have
> tried to find a format utility that will fit on a floppy.
> The computer will still boot from the floppy. I haven't
> been able to find that utility yet. This is where I so
> often find myself. The computer will not work and I spend
> hours wrestling with the computer instead of doing whatever
> it was I wanted to do with the computer. This is where I
> need tech support.)
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Have you made the computer boot from a CD - this would be
> your best option to start with. As the machine boots up,
> look on the first screens for an instruction how to get into
> the BIOS - probably F2. Find the part which deals with Boot
> options ('advanced' tab probably) and set the first boot
> option to CD = you can make the first hard drive the second
> boot option. Now if you boot the computer from the Ubuntu
> CD, this should deal with all the partitioning and
> formatting of the hard drive as it installs the product. If
> this isn't possible, then you need to look for a partition
> manager such as Partition Magic or Ranish.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ian
> _________________
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
>
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