Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, 21:14:21 schrieb Grant: [snip] I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable fixed it. Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity with and without S.M.A.R.T. support? [I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-25 Thread Grant
[snip] I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable fixed it.  Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity with and without S.M.A.R.T. support? [I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1]     Available versions:  (~)0.8.6 {debug}     Installed versions:  

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-24 Thread James Broadhead
On 23 February 2012 21:29, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable fixed it.  Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity with and without S.M.A.R.T. support? [I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1] Available

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:55:21 + James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 February 2012 21:29, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable fixed it.  Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-23 Thread Grant
[snip] Things I would try: Go into BIOS and make sure settings are still proper (sometimes it can get wiped out and set to bad values) Make sure BIOS can see the HDD manufacturer and model number etc. If not, power off, re-seat the HDD cables and try again If yes, boot from liveCD and

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: Cracks about how if the system

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-17 Thread James Broadhead
On 17 February 2012 20:47, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot diskette-

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-17 Thread imacake/LK
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:47:36PM -0800, Grant wrote: LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot diskette- Enter

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-17 Thread Grant
LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: Cracks about how if the system

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-17 Thread Willie Matthews
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:47:36 -0800 Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Invalid boot diskette what do I do?

2012-02-17 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always come back to: Invalid Boot