On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 10:10 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Not Debian-related at all, but you folks are brilliant .... > > Didn't I say you folks were brilliant?! > > Thanks, Greg! Your hints to tinker with the drive's BIOS settings paid > off. Here's what I finally settled on that works: > > LBA Mode = Enabled > 32 Bit I/O = Enabled > Transfer Mode = Standard > Ultra DMA Mode = Disabled > > btw, this BIOS would not let me access the SMART setting; it's enabled > with no option to disable it. > > I've looked for a BIOS update and have been unable to find one; HP's web > site says that if I don't find one, there's not one available. > > And to you and Joe, I'll look into replacing the BIOS battery also. Thanks! > > Now, as soon as I get the system restored (which is going swimmingly - > W00t!), I'll boot into Knoppix, free up 2/3s of the drive, and then > install Etch. Swee-ee-eet! > > Thanks, folks!
At least *ONE* of the hints actually gave you the desired outcome. You are welcome. I'll take my fee as contributions back to the list... :) Which you do already. Now if we could just get everyone to ask smart questions like you did originally. Of course you realize this will never happen. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
