On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:31, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: [snip of tales of woe] > In a previous message I mentioned that it also balks on booting from the > previous HD, claiming problems with the ReiserFS partition (which should > have been fine after a gentle shut down). This implies a problem with the > hardware of the motherboard, or the BIOS, to my non-hardware oriented mind.
Not being facetious but have you set the HD jumpers to be the master or stand-alone? Make sure the IDE cable is plugged into the mb with the pins aligned right? Older motherboards often don't have the guides on them. Also, some bioses (IBM's come to mind) keep giving the error until you enter the bios and exit saving changes. Tom Wilson McSwain Carpets 513.771.1400 x124 ----- No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. -- Florida Scott-Maxwell _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
