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Tech Support Request
2006-04-26 | rzeznikj at stout

Posted on 04/25/2006 8:11:52 PM PDT by N3WBI3

I have a fried CD-RW. I don't know how it got that way (died all of a sudden).

So, in the meantime, I'm borrowing an external Yamaha and have it hooked up--as I can't afford to replace the CD-drive.

Question 1: I'm running Suse 10.0 Eval, first updated KDE to 3.5.1 and then updated the kernel to 2.6.16-default. Since the kernel upgrade, I cannot get any USB devices to start. I've tried editing /etc/fstab as recommended, but the devices won't mount--and if they do, nothing shows up in Konqueror. I did however, and only once, did

Question 2: How can I add this device to PhoenixBIOS so I can boot from it--the device doesn't show up at all. I'm going to need to be able to boot from the external drive to do any upgrades or patches.

thanks much!!

stout


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: linux; suse; techsupportping; usb
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To: N3WBI3
OK--now I have a very serious issue to deal with:

Cannot boot into Linux at all--Grub pauses and automatically loads Windows.

How do I repair this--if I can't even get into Linux now?

41 posted on 04/27/2006 9:38:09 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)
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To: rzeznikj at stout

YOu could burn the CD for fedora core1 (disk 1) and at the boot prompt:

boot: linux rescue

that should boot you into a shell where you can mount and unmount devices and lookt at your grub.conf..


42 posted on 04/28/2006 5:34:59 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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