On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 05:03:20PM -0600, Jim Westbrook wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > heh, heh, it's funny because i am experiencing a similar phenomenon...
> > my workstation at the office is an old 486 that refused to boot from
> > its 4GB hard drive after a power failure. i get the same LI on boot
> > and expect to boot from a floppy as long as i am using this machine.
>
> This one can probably be corrected, albeit a hassle. You'll need a DOS boot
> diskette with the DOS fdisk program and a linux boot diskette. Boot the DOS
> floppy, run "fdisk /mbr" and then switch to the linux boot diskette. Reboot
> the system, cd to /etc, run lilo to re-install to the master boot record.
>
> This has worked for me on at least three occasions with my 486 box.
>
> JimW
i am afraid that didn't do it. not that i am terribly disappointed
though. the real disappointment came when i first realized i had
broken my 54 days of uptime (not bad for a machine without a ups) with
the power failure.
there is actually a ups under my desk. i think i will see if it
works... rebooting again :)
thanks for the suggestion though. maybe one day if our company ever
goes through an IPO i won't feel guilty about asking for a blazer that
won't have this problem, will run X nicely with 4 netscapes, 15 ssh
sessions and a make -j 64 in the background.
and a 19" flat screen trinitron to boot, he he
jacob
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