HP 8200 were the machines
The large partition is because back in the day when I used Resierfs it would not install on small partitions I have thus kept having "large" partitions for boot even when no longer necessary with EXT4 Kiggs On May 23, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Simon Vass wrote: > Kiggs, > > Any chance you could give us a make and model so we can avoid if necessary? > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kiggundu Mukasa" <[email protected]> > To: "Linux Users Group Ug. Group Ug." <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 4:38:48 PM > Subject: [LUG] OpenSuSE UEFI Bios > > > > Just underwent a few hours of baptism by fire > > M$ is truly trying to take over the world … in a very evil way! > > They have gotten manufactures to install this new UEFI BIOS on their computers > and if you try and install Linux (in this case openSuSE 12.1) by completely > formatting the drive, the install works but can never boot into Linux > Once you reboot it just hangs there saying it cannot see a disk with a valid > OS > > What you have to do is make a boot partition that is formatted as FAT32 (say > 4GB in size) > > On that 4GB put /boot > > Then partition and format the rest of the computer how you like with EXT4 or > your favorite filesystem > > Without Bios detecting FAT32 on the boot partition it claims it cannot see > the hard disk and the BIOS Error message is "check the cables"! > > You can imagine the hell we went through! We were nearly blaming the > supplier that the BRAND new machines they supplied must have come off some > boat from China. > > All is well that ends well as they say > > Kiggs > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. -- Acta Virum Probant -- _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
