Problem with entering bios setup after interrupted network installation

2007-03-13 Thread Piotr pzc
Hi,
About 2 weeks ago I bought a FSC Amilo Pro V3505 laptop. Last Wednesday I tried 
to install on it Debian from network (using Netinstal CD). However my Network 
card wasn't detected and installation failed. After message that no card has 
been detected I tried to pick some random models in hope it will work, but with 
no sucess. 

After that I couldn't reboot system in 'normal way', i.e. neither Ctrl-Alt-Del 
nor Power button worked. After about 5 minutes I pulled out the battery. After 
plugging it back I came across following problem: I cannot enter bios setup, 
and system boots from HDD (there is grub from previous, disfunctional 
instllation of Gentoo). 

This laptop uses Phoenix bios and according to manual I should be able to turn 
on/off bootmenu with F12 button, but it doesn't work. Neither does F2 - enter 
bios setup (before there were no such problem). Esc works, and keyboard as such 
- tried on grub command line.

Is it possible that during installation some part of BIOS has been overwritten 
or some settings changed? Is there anything I could do about it or do I have to 
rely on manufacturer's service (I contacted help desk both in Poland (where I 
live) as well as directly in Germany - but with no sucess, they could't came up 
with anything usefull - just repeated manual)

thnx for Your help



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Re: Problem with entering bios setup after interrupted network installation

2007-03-13 Thread Kent West

Piotr pzc wrote:

Hi,
About 2 weeks ago I bought a FSC Amilo Pro V3505 laptop. Last Wednesday I tried to install on it Debian from network (using Netinstal CD). However my Network card wasn't detected and installation failed. After message that no card has been detected I tried to pick some random models in hope it will work, but with no sucess. 

After that I couldn't reboot system in 'normal way', i.e. neither Ctrl-Alt-Del nor Power button worked. After about 5 minutes I pulled out the battery. After plugging it back I came across following problem: I cannot enter bios setup, and system boots from HDD (there is grub from previous, disfunctional instllation of Gentoo). 


This laptop uses Phoenix bios and according to manual I should be able to turn 
on/off bootmenu with F12 button, but it doesn't work. Neither does F2 - enter 
bios setup (before there were no such problem). Esc works, and keyboard as such 
- tried on grub command line.

Is it possible that during installation some part of BIOS has been overwritten 
or some settings changed?
  
I can't imagine that any part of the Debian install could overwrite the 
BIOS, but I wouldn't say it can't happen. My gut instinct is that the 
hardware/firmware has just spontaneously failed.



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