Re: [ShareTheNet] RE: "boot failed"

[Robert E. Jackson]

Same here.  Moved the guts over to a different case and had the computer freeze on me after about 12 hours operation.  Nothing I tried would allow the boot to complete.  We were having a heat wave so I suspected a heat-related problem.  Finally pulled the case and tried running diagnostics.  Problem went away and hasn't returned.   I suspect that Linux is more prone to incomplete boots if any hardware fails or is intermittent then DOS is.    Older PCs can have a number of problems.  Oxidation of contacts for memory (even CPU), intermittent solder joints, cards, cables, etc., all can cause problems.  Cables may have been plugged in so many times that they no longer make reliable contact.  Get some contact cleaner and clean all memory slots, the CPU, bus slots, header plugs for floppy drives, etc.  If you are lucky the problem will go away.  If not, it is time to get a diagnostic disk and try running diagnostics on the system.  Hopefully, the problem will be easy to fix.  At worst, you may need a new motherboard/CPU.  Good news is that I'm seeing $50 200MHz Pentium boards w/CPU.    Good luck!       Cheers,   Bob Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: Agent Smtih To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 5:05 AM Subject: [ShareTheNet] RE: "boot failed" Pat, I had similar problems with boot failures on STN diskettes.  I've found that when creating a diskette I must do a full format first, then create it.  Also, I've had diskettes refuse to boot after simply moving the computers inards from one case to another, even though I didn't change anything, same slots used for the cards, ect.  Thank God once its done you can leave the box alone.   Agent Smith