Hi Jim, Since it will boot from a floppy at least it is not dead. You might try setting the boot sequence (again) so CDROM is first; nothing after that does you any good. If you have a known good bootable CD then try that. I have had trouble with some CD drives. Swapping drives often fixes things. I have an old Sony that I find much more reliable than some of the no-name drives.
Last but not least have you checked the MD5sum of the Ubuntu CD ( I'm assuming that this is a download that you or someone else burned ). Best of luck. Dave On Apr 20, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Thank you for the reply. > > The boot sequence was set to CDROM, A, C. > > I downloaded Ranish, unzipped and copied to a floppy. The boot > sequence was > changed to A, C, SCSI (no A, C, CDROM choice). When the computer > is turned > on the boot screen lists Pri. Master Disk: LBA, UDMA 66, 8455MB, > Pri. Slave > Disk: None, Sec. Master Disk: None, Sec. Slave Disk: CDROM, UDMA > 33. Now > the error displayed is: Non-System disk or disk error Replace and > strike any > key when ready. > > What next? > > I look forward to your reply. > > Have a good day, > > Cheers, > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Wright" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:13 PM > Subject: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem > > >> Jim Fleig wrote:----PS (My attempt to replace a previous >> version of Ubuntu with 8.04 has resulted in the following >> error message: Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and >> Press Enter. Prior to installing the 8.04 version the hard >> drive was scrubbed with DBAN. I have tried several things >> that I found on the internet (more than a few people have >> had the same problem) but have yet to solve the problem. It >> seems that the hard drive needs to be formatted. I have >> tried to find a format utility that will fit on a floppy. >> The computer will still boot from the floppy. I haven't >> been able to find that utility yet. This is where I so >> often find myself. The computer will not work and I spend >> hours wrestling with the computer instead of doing whatever >> it was I wanted to do with the computer. This is where I >> need tech support.) >> >> Hi Jim, >> >> Have you made the computer boot from a CD - this would be >> your best option to start with. As the machine boots up, >> look on the first screens for an instruction how to get into >> the BIOS - probably F2. Find the part which deals with Boot >> options ('advanced' tab probably) and set the first boot >> option to CD = you can make the first hard drive the second >> boot option. Now if you boot the computer from the Ubuntu >> CD, this should deal with all the partitioning and >> formatting of the hard drive as it installs the product. If >> this isn't possible, then you need to look for a partition >> manager such as Partition Magic or Ranish. >> >> Best wishes, >> Ian >> _________________ >> Ian W. Wright >> Sheffield UK >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and >> around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save >> $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. >> 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. >> Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. > Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
