On Sat, July 23, 2011 6:07 pm, Jeremy Visser wrote:
> Normally that should work fine. Sounds like a hardware problem to me.
> Or, at the very least, hardware-specific.
> Tried seeing if there is a BIOS update available?
Jeremy, thanks
yes, updater told me I have current BIOS
(but this is an o
On Fri, July 22, 2011 1:20 pm, DaZZa wrote:
> On 22 July 2011 12:14, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> Load the right modules? Are scsi_mod, ide_disk & ide_core loaded? Can
> you load them if they're not?
>
> What does lsmod show you? lspci? Does the device (/dev/sdb) file even
> exist? Does it have the co
On Wed, July 27, 2011 10:58 am, Clint Shumack wrote:
> /dev/sdb could be the card reader. Did you try /dev/hda? Install the
> graphical partition tool 'gparted' and see what drives it can find.
Clint, thanks
/dev/sda is the usb media I'm booting from
I'll try later with a more featured Linux bo
/dev/sdb could be the card reader. Did you try /dev/hda? Install the
graphical partition tool 'gparted' and see what drives it can find.
On 22 July 2011 12:14, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> I have an older Dell Inspiron 700m laptop, I made a Linux USB boot system,
> set BIOS to USB HD boot, Dell boots O
Thus spake Voytek Eymont:
> I have an older Dell Inspiron 700m laptop, I made a Linux USB boot system,
> set BIOS to USB HD boot, Dell boots OK from USB, but, doesn't seem to see
> the built in HD
Normally that should work fine. Sounds like a hardware problem to me.
Or, at the very least, hardware
I have an older Dell Inspiron 700m laptop, I made a Linux USB boot system,
set BIOS to USB HD boot, Dell boots OK from USB, but, doesn't seem to see
the built in HD:
without USB present Dell boots XP from HD
fdisk /dev/sda shows USB
/dev/sdb says 'unable to open'
how can I find the built in HD f
