On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:18:21AM -0500, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I will try some more desperate tricks today, like reconnecting the USB pile > to see if it at least boots the disks again - is my choice between disks and > keyboard? I will find out. My best guess right now is that booting 3.7.0 is > what clobbered things; whether I added a option which loaded bad firmware, or > 3.7.0 is broken, I have no idea. It could well be something unrelated to > 3.7.0. My goal for today is to try to get keyboard and disk working, then > boot with 3.6.8.
Whatever you think of logic, it is entirely illogical that a kernel could kill your BIOS, or any hardware ... at least, just booting into it. The southbridge is a good thing to look at, esp for a burned spot/pit. My suggestion is http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage Our Gentoo images have been broken lately, and are short on tools always. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
