From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail2.fone.net ([206.168.68.165]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I0LLw-0007JR-00 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:49:24 -0400 Received: from GRANDMA (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l5IFWP14002886 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:32:26 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <010401c7b1bd$df4ba380$6401a8c0@GRANDMA> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000b01c7b068$f52e0630$ab00a8c0@tenstac><001201c7b071$3f80ff00$6401a8c0@GRANDMA><00a501c7b09d$51aaca90$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <009701c7b0fb$4d3fb890$9501a8c0@yellobow> Subject: Re: switching from amd to p3 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:32:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000750-1, 06/18/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:49:26 -0000 got it. thanks for the help. :) Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13@gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Berry" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: RE: switching from amd to p3 > Just one more thing to add Tyler. Some of the more modern Bios also can > use > f2 to enter the bios setup. > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Doug Sutherland > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:07 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: switching from amd to p3 > > Tyler, I believe disk boot failure is a BIOS error, not a linux error. > It can happen if there is no drive, or the drive is not bootable, it > could also happen if the BIOS boot options are not set properly, > usually listed as boot priority, you usually want something like > floppy, cdrom, ide0, ide1 boot priority. If the cables all seem > okay I the next thing to check would be if the BIOS is seeing > the drive. On modern BIOS the drives will usually be set to > auto but if you press F8 it will detect the drives and show you > them in BIOS (may be a different function key for a different > BIOS). Confirm that BIOS is seeing the drive, and showing it > as master, then check the boot priority settings in BIOS to > make sure IDE0 is in the boot priority list. There are also > settings in BIOS for the hard drive DMA mode, the lowest > mode being PIO0, which is original IDE. If still not booting > try setting that the lowest possible mode. The highest mode > is probably PIO5 or Ultra DMA, or UDMA 133. > > At this point, after checking BIOS, if it sees the drive as > master, IDE0 is in the boot list, the DMA mode is lowest > PIO0, and it still won't boot, I would suggest putting it > back in the original machine and making sure it boots. > > If it doesn't boot there I would check the partition table > using fdisk or cfdisk or similar, check the bootable flag and > make sure a partition is marked as bootable, and it's the > correct partition, the one with grub installed. You can do > this by booting from a linux CD and running fdisk -l or > cfdisk. > > If BIOS on target system is seeing the drive as master and > the drive will boot in original machine, then I'd say its time > to try a different drive in target motherboard to make sure > the IDE controller is working okay. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 6/17/2007 > 8:23 AM > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup