picking up this htread form a while ago ...
on Sun, 16 Feb 2003 01:28:18PM -0500, sean finney insinuated:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 12:47:25PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > My computer has been on a downward spiral for a while now[1], but
> > i've been too busy to deal with it. Now it won't even go into
> > single-user mode. It just hangs at the boot prompt. Says,
> > "Loading linux ...." and then prints anywhere from one to ten .'s
> > before hanging.
> >
> > It's not the hard drive -- I replaced it and did a clean install.
> >
> > It's not the memory -- I have new 256M in there.
> >
> > The motherboard?? I'm clueless.
>
> given that you've basically replaced everything else, i would guess
> that it is something on your motherboard. if i were forced to be
> more specific, i'd guess your ide controller. if you have a rescue
> floppy, can you boot off of that?
no. the kernel loads, and then i get the error:
crc error
--System halted.
> if your cd drive is on a different ide chain, can you boot from
> that?
yes, it is, and no, i can't.
> if you move your hard drive to a different ide chain, does it
> boot?
no. same error as the floppy.
i also tried jumpering my slave as a master and booting off that one
(same IDE chain as my other drive), and same error.
barring any brilliant inspiration, i think i'm definitely going to
have to shell out for a new motherboard if i want a functioning
computer ...
thanks for your suggestions and help.
</nori>
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