Posted on 12/11/2004 8:59:15 PM PST by KoRn
The CDs don't work? Now that is strange.
Did you remember to change the BIOS settings to set boot priority to CD-ROM?
Most bios flashes will reset the bios to it's default settings once flashed, and so right after the pc reboots the first time you need to hit the delete key (most common, some pc's hit F1) to get into the bios and make adjustments so it reflects your former setup. Turn off the pc and turn it back on, hit the delete key as soon as you see something appear on the screen and this should get you into the bios.
That's where I would start first, its probable that default settings has changed some hardware setting so linux can not boot.
Would it be ok to revert back to the previous version of my BIOS? I've heard that's risky, as it's flashed onto the chip, and can damage it.
You said in your LQ post that you upgraded to 3.15. Phoenix's website says that their latest is 4.0R6.1. Maybe you should give that version a try.
http://www.phoenix.com/en/Products/Core+System+Software/Other+Platform+Products/PhoenixBIOS+4.0/default.htm
This is probably my last post for tonight, hope things work out for you.
no more so than the risk you take whenever you flash the bios. But I would not revert, do what I said above, check your bios settings that they match what you had before, especially boot sequences for floppy, hd, cdrom. Check, memory, pci bus, etc. Make sure the settings match your hardware, you may need to go into the pci settings options and set 'reset configuration data' or similar title to 'enabled' then reboot. This often needs to be done when you add new hardware and your pc won't boot but may apply here since the bios flash put settings back to default which may cause a hardware conflict.
Try playing with the bios settings for awhile before risking trashing your bios chip with a possible bad flash.
Thank you, and everyone else very much.
I love getting into problems like this on the computer. When the problem gets solved, and it WILL be, I will learn something new. Many thanks to all of you for helping it happen.
Looks like you reformated the HD and reinstalled Windows. Now LILO's gone. Normally LILO is used on a blank hard drive to create partiitons, then Windows is installed on the one you created for that. Else windows ends up in charge and always screws things up. I think you lost the geometry and a lower one came back. Is the HD a smaller size now?
Leave the BIOS, or upgrade it further.
Linux was running fine on my system until the BIOS upgrade. Then it would get to the:
BIOS DATA CHECK OK, BOOING KERNEL
(reboot)
I wiped the HD after the bad stuff started going on
I think all that happened is that the HD geometry changed. THen the pointer to the active partition was NG. Going into the BIOS setup and redoing that and some other changes would have fixed it. Now you have to reinstall.
Were you the one that originally put the 2 OP SYtms on?
If you look from Windows, does the HD have the same size?
If you flashed it, it is more than likely the flash did not work and corrupted the BIOS. If this is the case, I would petition the company that you bought the flash software from and demand a new chip....as well as a chip with your old BIOS version on it.
The same thing happened to me and when I expressed my displeasure with the integrity of their flash software, they sent me 2 new chips, one with the old and one with the new BIOS.
Hehe Love that pic. As for my problem, I believe I'm gonna just build a system from the ground up, and use it as a dedicated Linux box.
Yeah...I saw that after I posted. I know zippo about Linux. So I'll sit back and watch.
Linux assistance requested over here.
I am more familiar with GRUB than Lilo but did you try booting into runlevel 'S'? I am assuming by the error that you can boot into windows?
Have you tried booting into different run levels?
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