RE: lenny won't boot after re-install

ill try it again another day. > -Original Message- > From: Nuno Magalhães [mailto:nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:43 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: lenny won't boot after re-install > > > Hi, > > I haven't had tha

Re: lenny won't boot after re-install

Don Raikes wrote: Hi Nuno, I followed the instructions from this page: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html rebooted without the livecd, and nothing. I put my hand on the top of the system, and it feels like the hard drive keeps searching for something

Re: lenny won't boot after re-install

Hi, I haven't had that problem before, i can't really help (plus it's a friday night and most of the list answers from their work places i guess). The only drive that failed on me just became completely unusable, period. It would make a snaping sound repeatedly (like releasing something that was h

RE: lenny won't boot after re-install

wondering if my harddrive is failing. Any tips on how to test/fix it are appreciated. > -Original Message- > From: Nuno Magalhães [mailto:nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:16 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: lenny won't boot after re-install &

Re: lenny won't boot after re-install

2009/4/24 Don Raikes : > I guess that is my problem (what are the usual suspects)? Me neither, i was just shooting blanks :) You say you installed the system (repeatedly), so i assume you got as far as "Let's reboot into your new system". I never had a system failing at that point... It's hard to

Re: lenny won't boot after re-install

> Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this system back on its feet? Have you tried using a liveCD (like LFS's[1], good for rescue stuff) and check the usual suspects? HTH, Nuno [1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ ascii-rubanda