From: "Brent Nordick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By "the machine is back to failing to boot" I mean > that it was completly re-installed with the os and > everything was running for about 24 hours - long > enough to reinstall software and start to reconfigure > it. Then it started to hang at the OS loading screen > - it will not go any further. No error messages, no > "hard drive busy" light - nothing. The computer's > fans are all working, and the hard drive isn't making > any odd noises. (Previously, the error that caused me > to replace the hard drive was bad hard drive noises > and failure to even find an OS on the hard drive)
Could be a bad hdd, could be any other bad hardware in the computer, could be bad drivers trying to load. I suppose the first step would be to check out the hdd; scan for bad sectors (as has been mentioned). You can also download an intensive hdd diag tool for Matrox hdds from their site. Booting into Knoppix could also be helpful, or trying that Dell diag that was mentioned (to find bad hardware). If you don't find any problems, then try a re-install. Oh, you may try booting into "safe mode" if possible, that would help determine if you're trying to load bad drivers (if you don't know how to do that, email me off the list). Let us know what you come up with. Matt ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
