I determined part of the problem is the floppy drive,luckily i have a few laying around
----- Original Message ---- From: Chad Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:42:08 PM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Can anyone help me? Matthew Downs wrote: > Ive been considering switching to Linux, but i have this older computer. > I dont use it much,but i thought i would keep it so i could continue to run > some of my > Windows programs. Well,i think the battery went dead and cleared the Bios. > I cant get it to boot from the hard drive, or the floppy. The only thing i > can get it to > do is boot from the CDrom,with my Linspire disc. It only works with the Live > CD,it wont > Install. From there i can read and write to both the hard drive,and the > floppy. > Ive messed around with the bios a bit,but i have no idea what half that stuff > is. > I took a class in electronics years ago, but when it comes to programming im > as > blind as a bat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd look around in your BIOS for the boot order. It may have gotten changed to something weird. Chad Martin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/ mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt - http://yahoo.ratemarketplace.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
