Mark Copper said on 26 October 2002 7:59 AM >I'm trying to reinstall Debian. It's a 3 yr old PC but I put in a new >hard disk drive and power supply. I've told the BIOS to boot from the CD, >but I get the message "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press >enter". I tried 3 cd drives, tried both my Debian 3.0 and old 2.2 cd's, >both of which I've used successfully before (even on this box), same >result. The BIOS recognizes each drive correctly, it appears; I've >double-checked the jumper settings on the drives. hmmm. > >What silly thing have I done? > >Should I create boot floppies, return old hard disk to master position? > >Feeling dumb but appreciative in advance. > >Mark
Mark, If I understand correctly you have multiple drives on this PC. Remove all but one. Set that one to master and try it then (best way I can see to troubleshoot situation.) If one drive fails, try the next one. I presume the CDs are ok, and you've checked them on another machine. I'd also try reflashing the BIOS on the aforementioned machine. That's about all I can think of on a dreary Sydney sunday morning whilst i'm still half asleep. Hope it works. Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
