Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-06-05 Thread Wit
Alan Womack wrote: >> Hmm... I wonder if the old - still works? Or maybe the >> to stop it (as it does at BIOS time) and to start >> it again? Anybody know? >> >> > did not work. If your keyboard is typical, you'd need to hold the shift key? > But I don't think I tried the old > control-

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Womack
> > Hmm... I wonder if the old - still works? Or maybe the > to stop it (as it does at BIOS time) and to start > it again? Anybody know? > did not work. But I don't think I tried the old control-S, wasn't control Q to start it up again? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-suppo

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Wit
Ken Moffat wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:11PM -0700, Alan Womack wrote: > >> > Can you go in to the bios and play with the boot order, or tell it > that the IDE drive

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I have an adaptec 3940 card connected to an IBM drive that I want to >boot too. I can at least get to GRUB if I take the IDE drive off the >system completely. > >If I leave the WD IDE drive on line, I am unable to boot successfully. That's been the way it is as long as I can remember, and I've g

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Tijnema
On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm, this list is already in the mail-archive :) > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org/msg07749.html > > > > Apparently not indexed by Google however, a search for > argon client pxe linux lfs > > has no links bac

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Wit
Tijnema wrote: > On 5/29/07, Theodore Heise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Tijnema wrote: >> >>> On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Since the boot messages go by so fast, and I cannot get pause, or scroll lock to stop the screen I c

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Womack
> Hmm, this list is already in the mail-archive :) > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org/msg07749.html > Apparently not indexed by Google however, a search for argon client pxe linux lfs has no links back to LFS. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-supp

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Tijnema
On 5/29/07, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/29/07, Tijnema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <> > > > > > > Thanks for the hints and the details on the PXE. To bad the LFS > > > mailing list cannot be google scanned so that particular tidbit would > > > be available on the web. > > >

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/29/07, Tijnema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <> > > > > Thanks for the hints and the details on the PXE. To bad the LFS > > mailing list cannot be google scanned so that particular tidbit would > > be available on the web. > > Is that true? > > If so, then somebody should add [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Tijnema
<> > > Thanks for the hints and the details on the PXE. To bad the LFS > mailing list cannot be google scanned so that particular tidbit would > be available on the web. > > Alan Is that true? If so, then somebody should add [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the (B)LFS list. Tijnema -- http://linuxfromscra

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the hints and the details on the PXE. To bad the LFS > mailing list cannot be google scanned so that particular tidbit would > be available on the web. You can try the custum google search I just made. Sorry about the URL. I don't

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Womack
> > > > PXE or something like that, seems to used for the ability to boot a > > system from over a network, but there is no direct option for it. > > That isn't a boot manager :) It's just for Intel network cards.. I > have a Intel Gbit card too, and it has the same prog. It allows you to > boot a

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Tijnema
On 5/29/07, Theodore Heise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 May 2007, Tijnema wrote: > > On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Since the boot messages go by so fast, and I cannot get pause, or > >> scroll lock to stop the screen I cannot see what happens earlier > >>

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Theodore Heise
On Tue, 29 May 2007, Tijnema wrote: > On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Since the boot messages go by so fast, and I cannot get pause, or >> scroll lock to stop the screen I cannot see what happens earlier >> in the boot. > This is a common problem, I don't think it's poss

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-29 Thread Tijnema
On 5/29/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The default for gmail! I use gmail everyday, and i allways scroll down first :) > > On 5/28/07, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > > text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Womack
> It seems I can control the drive controllers and am now making some > progress. I can get GRUB to continue on, but I hit a kernel panic > that halts me later. any way to store the dmesg on a system that isn't booting properly? I get to VFS: cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Womack
The default for gmail! On 5/28/07, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:11PM -0700, Alan Womack wrote: > > The drive I want to boot from is on the

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:51:44PM +0200, Tijnema wrote: > > > > Can you go in to the bios and play with the boot order, or tell it > > that the IDE drive isn't there ? (no guarantees linux will be able > > to find an IDE if the bios has disabled it, but very possible). > > > > ĸen > > You would

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Tijnema
On 5/28/07, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > LOL, nice one :) > > Can you go in to the bios and play with the boot order, or tell it > that the IDE drive isn't there ? (no

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:11PM -0700, Alan Womack wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Tijnema
On 5/28/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the > system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the > cable. > > If I take it out

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Lord
Alan Womack wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the > system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the > cable. > > If I take it out, then the scsi drive will loa

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Womack
The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the cable. If I take it out, then the scsi drive will load grub, but that changes the hd0

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Tijnema
On 5/28/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working with stable 6.2 using the book on the live CD. > > My issue is trying to get my Dell Optiplex G110 to complete the boot into LFS. > > I have an adaptec 3940 card connected to an IBM drive that I want to > boot too. I can at least get

need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Womack
I'm working with stable 6.2 using the book on the live CD. My issue is trying to get my Dell Optiplex G110 to complete the boot into LFS. I have an adaptec 3940 card connected to an IBM drive that I want to boot too. I can at least get to GRUB if I take the IDE drive off the system completely.