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Hi
Debian
I have got a problem
with opening my computer just reading as follow: Disk boot failure, insert a
diskette and press enter. What type of diskette is that?
Please
help!
Toivo
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 18:11, Debian User wrote:
> bios still sees both drives ... i think the hardware is still working.
>
> i re-lilo-ed without success. I still have to boot from the floopy.
>
You finally mention the reason for your OP (original post): your
computer had a power failure. I thi
bios still sees both drives ... i think the hardware is still working.
i re-lilo-ed without success. I still have to boot from the floopy.
what is IIRC?
At 26 July 2003, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 19:13, Debian User wrote:
>> after bios, i think lilo is not e
i'll give lilo another shot. this all happened after a power failure
.. my ups didn't do it's job by keeping the line voltage up.
both disks were working fine until the power failure. of course,
this problem could have been there for some time as it was 180 some
odd days since i last reboot thi
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 19:13, Debian User wrote:
> after bios, i think lilo is not ever run. the bios displays the system
> configuration then the error message:
>
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
>
> my boot sequence is A,C.
IIRC the machine is not seeing the drives proper
i have with no success.
fdisk /dev/hdc1 does not see the device. i think there may be two
problems ... the boot on /dev/hda and not seeing the second drive
/dev/hdc
>> when i try to mount to the /dev/hdc drive,
>have you tried to mount them by hand?
>
>The list needs info! Specific error me
after bios, i think lilo is not ever run. the bios displays the system
configuration then the error message:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
my boot sequence is A,C.
the boot floopy i am using is 2.2.20. the machine was booting 2.4.
18 ... for months before this problem o
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 17:51, Debian User wrote:
> i am unable to boot from /dev/hda.
What error? Lilo error?
> i have a boot disk and that worked.
I saw from below -- which kernel does it boot? Lilo, grub? have you
tried re-lilo-ing?
> i am trying to figure out why i cannot boot from the hard dri
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Pigeon wrote:
> On most machines, if the cable is upside-down, the floppy LED is
> always on and (usually) the motor running.
>
> Pigeon
And will usually ruin any floppy you put in it, causing you to need to
reformat it :)
Mike
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Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 09:35:27 +0100, Martin Juhlin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >* Normally (at least on my floppy) don't know if inserted the cable
> >upside-down in the connection on the motherboard or in the floppy drive. Just
> >try to flip one-by-one
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 09:35:27 +0100, Martin Juhlin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>* Normally (at least on my floppy) don't know if inserted the cable
>upside-down in the connection on the motherboard or in the floppy drive. Just
>try to flip one-by-one and see if any of the four combination work.
>
lördagen den 9 november 2002 22.25 skrev Helgi Örn:
> On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 21:47, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > Er, so what _does_ happen with your boot floppy?
>
> That I explained in my first mail...:-)
>
> > I'm all out of
> > clairvoyance credits for the month and my remote viewing neighbor is
>
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 21:52, Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> Helgi =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6rn?= Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Thank's for your reply, but the boot sequence is already A, C so this is
> > not the problem.
>
> It may be a bad floppy or a bad floppy-disk drive.
>
I checked with ano
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 21:47, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> Er, so what _does_ happen with your boot floppy?
That I explained in my first mail...:-)
> I'm all out of
> clairvoyance credits for the month and my remote viewing neighbor is
> out of town.
>
> I assume you've tried booting with the rescue
Helgi =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6rn?= Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thank's for your reply, but the boot sequence is already A, C so this is
> not the problem.
It may be a bad floppy or a bad floppy-disk drive.
Elizabeth
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On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:21:26PM +0100, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 20:16, Pigeon wrote:
> > You haven't got a bootable partition on the hard drive, and it sounds
> > like your BIOS is set to boot from the hard drive and not the floppy.
> >
> > Go into BIOS Setup (press DEL
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 20:16, Pigeon wrote:
> You haven't got a bootable partition on the hard drive, and it sounds
> like your BIOS is set to boot from the hard drive and not the floppy.
>
> Go into BIOS Setup (press DEL when booting) and make sure that the
> boot sequence (can't remember the exac
On 09 Nov 2002 14:11:05 +0100, Helgi Örn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Debians!
>
>I'm stuck in deep trouble. I want to put Debian on an old box I got. The
>box got 2 harddisks, pri. master 1707MB and pri. slave 1083MB. When I
>try to boot it it gives me: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK
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