On 08/05/2015 09:07 AM, Bruce Klawiter wrote: > I fired up my PC today after it has been idle for a year or more an I > got a message saying UBUNTU was not Supported or maybe it said not up > to date. I ignored the message and restarted the PC and now get a > message that says "Reboot and select proper Boot device, Insert boot > media in selected boot device and press a key."If I press any key the > same error comes up. I don't know what to do from here and if I have > to reload UBUNTU how do I get my setting files off the hard drive for > EMC, I don't think I have a backup anywhere.Let me also say I know > nothing about Linux or EMC and if I have to do something I need step > by step instructions or I'm lost. Your help is greatly > appreciated,Bruce
At the moment it sounds like your hard disk boot sector is bad or your motherboard is not finding your hard disk for booting. My understanding is that when you power up your motherboard, the first thing to load is your BIOS which looks for the hardware connected to your motherboard, loads drivers and sets configuration parameters. One thing the BIOS looks for is a device for booting an operating system, such as a hard disk, USB stick, CD or DVD drive and such. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s06.html.en I would tend to check that your boot device is found by the BIOS (hard disk listed in the BIOS setup screen) and that the boot device is enabled as a boot device. (Don't forget to save before exiting the BIOS setup screen). On old motherboards the BIOS data battery can be dead, so your BIOS settings, such as the boot device settings, will be lost. If so, replace the battery, enter the appropriate BIOS settings and save. Once that is confirmed, on power up, the BIOS should check your hard disk for a boot sector (or MBR, or somesuch). If you get an error indicating there is no boot device, I would make a bootable USB stick or DVD disk and set the BIOS to boot from the new device and try to boot again. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hybrid_Iso https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s04.html.en If this boots, you can try to mount your hard disk to see if it is working. If the hard disk mounts, you can back up your files and try to repair the boot bits and grub. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
