Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-30 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
Hi again! On 25 Jun 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: >If the only problem is that your MBR got wiped out, just re-running lilo >should fix the problem. First try "lilo -v" as root. This will just >re-run lilo and show you what it's doing in the process. Keep an eye out >for error messages. I BELIEVE

Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-25 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 07:11, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > On 24 Jun 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: --snip-- > > The 01's that are being printed to the screen > >are coming from lilo, so the HD is actually booting. > > That's very interesting. --snip-- > I went over the HD, and it seems nothing is lost

Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-25 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On 24 Jun 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: >On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 06:28, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: >> Dear all, >--snip-- >> So, it seems if I have the whole boot sequence, it first tries to boot >> from floppy, decides it is nothing in there (though it is), then tries to >> boot from CD, decides it is n

Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-24 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 06:28, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > Dear all, --snip-- > So, it seems if I have the whole boot sequence, it first tries to boot > from floppy, decides it is nothing in there (though it is), then tries to > boot from CD, decides it is nothing in there (though a perfectly fine > Kno

Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-24 Thread Kent West
Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: Dear all, I think I'm in deep trouble. Possibly, it has nothing to do with Debian, it's a hardware problem, but possibly it has, and besides, it is here that all the nicest folks are, so I'm asking you :-) Your description "feels" like a hardware problem. Odd that i

Re: Can't boot anything....

2003-06-24 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:28:13 +0200 (MET DST) Kjetil Kjernsmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, it seems if I have the whole boot sequence, it first tries to boot > from floppy, decides it is nothing in there (though it is), then tries to > boot from CD, decides it is nothing in there (though a perf

Can't boot anything....

2003-06-24 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
Dear all, I think I'm in deep trouble. Possibly, it has nothing to do with Debian, it's a hardware problem, but possibly it has, and besides, it is here that all the nicest folks are, so I'm asking you :-) OK, I'll take the short version first: When I try to boot, BIOS (?) does some checkin