This might already have been covered, but are you sure the BIOS is setup to boot the CD before the hdd? Maybe try booting a live disc without the hdd installed? Then you can determine if the hardware will run/work with the live OS. -John
cmcanulty wrote: > > As I said I have tried numerous live distros, boot cds, rescue cds, > install cds, partition cds, etc ad naseum and nothing will boot just > the error message grub failed. HD is fine as everything worked until I > partitioned to file system LIN 2 which I thought was for Linux and now > I can find nothing on LIN2 so why was it an option under XP?? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
