On Tuesday 02 January 2001 11:01 am, you wrote:
> civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > Fortunately, I got rattled and was able to make a backup of all the
> > > data. Now the PC won't boot. It had been having trouble in the boot
> > > process, reverting to level 3 and not starting X (as it should have).
> > > It was from the command line that I was able to back up my files. Now,
> > > she won't boot, even from the boot floppy.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what the problem could be?
>
> Some people suggested software fixes.
>
> however, I'm a leaning pretty heavily toward Civileme's judgement
> that (after the software problem) you have a hardware failure.
>
> When in the 'boot from boot floppy' process does it fail?
>
See...that's the weird part about it. There isn't anything "failing" perse.
But these message persist. What in the world could they mean? The first one I
remember seeing was the one about the ping server. That was strange to say
the least. Believe me, I'm not going to get too stirred up about a ping
server error when I'm not even connected to the internet. All that meant to
me was that something was trying to ping something else and wasn't able to do
so. So, what is it all about?
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
