hi jonathan,
thanks for the note. i have not solved the probl. yet.
to be honest, i do not exactly what a power reboot is in this
case. the machine will not turn on at all, either on AC or
battery power.
i will try taking the battery out and see what happens...
BTW, happy Y2K to all ! - josin
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, jonathan chetwynd wrote:
> I am sure that you will have resolved this by now.
>
> I have been with linux about a month and love it.
>
> Havr you done a power reboot, unplugged and power reboot, removed the
> battery and power reboot.
>
> This meen s the safety pin job. I find that if I do not close down all
> applications, save to disk tends to hang the machine.
>
> Indeed the first time this happened I paniclked and believed I had a dead
> machine.
>
> Josin Etienne wrote:
>
> > hi everyone,
> >
> > my FutureTech FM88XLP2 arrived a couple of weeks ago. i was pretty
> > pleased with its looks and construction. the 15.1 inch display was
> > very nice and the whole machine worked well under windo$
> >
> > it came with CD-ROM and LS-120 doubling up as 3.5 floppy. 450 Mhz
> > and 128 MB, 10GB disk
> >
> > a week later, i loaded RH 6.1 linux. first i repartitioned the
> > disk, using FIPS 2.0. that was quite a breeze, in spite of the fact
> > that the FIPS docs said to do it from DOS. well, pardon me, but i did
> > not know how to make it boot as DOS. decided to take my chances, but
> > the re-partitioning was a success.
> >
> > i had run scandisk before repartitioning, of course, and i run it
> > again AFTER the repartitioning, and no errors of anykind. rebooted
> > the machine, and windo$ 98 was running just fine.
> >
> > then i installed RH 6.1 -- quite a breeze. pretty fast
> > installation. the X windows too (which i usually find the most
> > challenging part) my only problem was the UTC time selection. it made
> > the linux clock come up 5 hours behind. (i am at a time zone 5 hours
> > behind Greenwinch)
> >
> > i tested the machine under linux, and then rebooted under windo$. no
> > problem. the thing said it was low on battery power, and i thought i
> > would connect the AC adapter and do a power down, and reboot again
> > linux from power off mode. but i had an urgent errand to run. so i
> > just told windo$ to shut the machine down.
> >
> > well, 5 hours later, i tried to power the baby up, but no response.
> > at all. not even BIOS self test. not a single beep.
> >
> > any pointers ? could the BIOS chip have gotten toasted somehow ? i
> > am in lima, peru and to be honest, i was not using safe sex, meaning
> > no current isolator for the AC adapter. but it would be a funny
> > coincidence that it would hace happened just when i had installed
> > linux. i had used the thing for a whole week in lima.
> >
> > too bad, because i was pretty happy with this baby so far. any
> > ideas, clues, slaps in the wrist, etc. will be appreciated.
> >
> > i sent email to futuretech, but no answer yet. it is a small
> > outfit, and a rough time of the year. i would call, but it is
> > expensive from here. i am due back in the US in jan. anyways.
> >
> > thanks - josin
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________________
> > In Heaven there will be no DOS, no Intel, and above all, no Bill.
>
>
_________________________________________________________________________
In Heaven there will be no DOS, no Intel, and above all, no Bill.
