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> From: Tom Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Jeroen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: help please
> Date: 08 March 1999 21:15
>
> At 08:22 PM 3/8/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >This weekend I noticed that my bios date and time were all wrong, I
> >replaced it with the right time
> >and date but still it gives error (CMOS checksum error-Defaults loaded).
> >Now I can set the right date but not the time without error.
>
> This sounds like the clock (for date/time) is not functioning, or the
CMOS
> battery is bad. That's a motherboard problem. Replace the CMOS battery
> (usually a coin cell or off-board plug-in battery). If that doesn't
help,
> your motherboard has a problem. Another possibility is the CMOS memory
> chips going bad although this is less likely.
Can I take the battery out today and get a new one tomorrow or does it have
to be really fast, like old one out, new one in?
>
> >Now, the actual problem is this: I cant boot Linux anymore!! I don't
know
> >....
> >Partition check: HDD: and it freeses there
> >after a while
> >Partition check:HDD: HDD timeout waiting for DMA
> >and it's done, I can't do anything anymore.
> >
>
> >From your description, it sounds like this was a working system that is
now
> having a problem booting. That could be caused by the CMOS /time clock
> problem. What is your hardware setup?
Pri master CD-RW HP 7200i
Pri slave 8x CD-ROM
Sec master Quantum Fireball 4.3G
Jeroen
