tshandy33 Most Bio's can be reset back to factory settings. You may want to try that.
david On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:03 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "tshandy33" <conrad.geller@...> > wrote: > > > > I have GRUB1 on a partition of my hard drive, from which I boot various > Linux distributions. My BIOS no longer can be set to boot from the cd drive > (I screwed it up), so I need to set up new distros as frugal installations. > > That's easy to do with Puppy, TinyCore, and a few others, but when I try > with, say, a Ubuntu or Debian derivative, the boot fails and I get the > message, "try init=bootarg." In the kernel line I have tried > "fromiso=/[location]," and other shifts, but they generally don't work. > > Any suggestions? > > > > Lately I haven't even been burning CDs. I've been doing USB key installs. > So I have to ask can you boot off your USB? > > > [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: [email protected] [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/
