From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao103.cox.net (fed1rmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.241.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55EB10A3F for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:13:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081014041434.LXXR6482.fed1rmmtao103.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:14:34 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([72.208.219.132]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id SUEZ1a00U2rzSAG04UEZkm; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:14:34 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=kg9IDVSuSgMKNz2MiO4A:9 a=Z78nPDOKqNwnNdMu0wVZt7XoOXYA:4 a=XUL1f7BHcs8A:10 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=Debian-exim) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KpbIp-0001Us-CJ for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:14:35 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KpbIn-0000qO-QH for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:14:33 -0700 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:14:33 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Debian Well Underway Message-ID: <20081014041432.GA3223@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20081013213125.GA2894@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081013215717.GA32766@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081013215717.GA32766@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:13:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 02:57:17PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > BTW, how did you solve your boot issues, was it in fact the bios, or > something else? Well, last night, I dug up an old floppy and booted that way and that worked for a while; actually, I did that since the other night (Saturday). I had someone look at the BIOS this afternoon as I then couldn't boot windows, even from the floppy. Strange but the boot sequence changed some how and had my external USB hard drive listed first and the other two hard disks were still showing but it wouldn't drop down and try booting from either of them. I kept getting the "NTDLR missing" error. I then unplugged the USB drive and did not alter the boot sequence in BIOS but then the machine booted off the hard disk (/dev/hda) using the MBR. I have since then, plugged that USB hard drive back in and it still boots from the internal /dev/hda so I can't tell what really happened there. I'm just glad it's working right again and I can boot both systems whenever I want without a floppy. Guess I better button up the box and stay out of the drive bays now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkj0HKgACgkQWSjv55S0LfG3vwCguS9PmU0pK+p+Lw6CXAU5hamN +d8AoO84Vh/4Esin9LpqUMr6mUFVcIFj =N5p2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----