It really sounds like you wrote the image file to the CD but did not use the proper selections is your CD recording software to make it a bootable disk. You might want to try burning the image to another CD to make sure or try booting the CD on another computer. - John Guenther 'Ye Olde Pen Maker' Sterling, Virginia
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 13:04 -0400, Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: > Hi Rafael, > > Thank you for the reply. > > Setting the BIOS to Auto was tried and did not resolve the problem. The > computer will still boot from the DBAN floppy. DBAN is Darik's Boot and Nuke > (http://www.dban.org/) for cleaning hard drives. Everything about the > computer should be working well. Prior to trying to update the computer was > running the previous version of Ubuntu with EMC just fine. It also would > boot from the CD drive with the 8.04 Ubuntu with EMC CD. I remembered > erasing the hard drive before installing the previous version of EMC. Since > this worked the last time I repeated the process. This computer is very > clean. Looks nearly brand new. Examination of the CD drive (I removed it > and took the cover off) revealed one very small dust ball which I removed > carefully with a paint brush. After reinstallation, same problem. No > obvious problems with caps on the motherboard. > > I'd be willing to try more things. What should be done next? > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rafael Skodlar" <[email protected]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] What's coming in manufacturing > > > > Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: > >> Hi Steve, > >> > >> Thank you for reading my long email. I didn't know how to convey the > >> information with fewer words. It looks like you had the same challenge > >> below. :-) > > ...... > >> Jim Fleig > >> > >> PS (My attempt to replace a previous version of Ubuntu with 8.04 has > >> resulted in the following error message: Disk Boot Failure, Insert > >> System Disk and Press Enter. Prior to installing the 8.04 version the > >> hard drive was scrubbed with DBAN. I have tried several things that I > > > > I don't know what DBAN is nor is it important. It is possible, but I > > haven't seen it yet, that there is a program that would interact with > > disk drive microcontroller and mess with low level data on the drive > > (ZBR info for example) or the firmware itself to make it unusable for > > security reasons. I doubt that's worthwhile as a simple hammer will do it. > > > > Erased disk drives or not, installation program will simply write new > > data after you tell it to do so. It doesn't matter what you used to > > delete previous information. > > > >> found on the internet (more than a few people have had the same problem) > >> but have yet to solve the problem. It seems that the hard drive needs to > > > > You are confusing two types of formatting, high and low level. Note that > > low level formating is no longer needed in modern drives. > > > >> be formatted. I have tried to find a format utility that will fit on a > >> floppy. The computer will still boot from the floppy. I haven't been > >> able to find that utility yet. This is where I so often find myself. The > > > > Either you have a 20 years old drive, have a bad drive, or are doing > > something that's completely unnecessary. > > > > It is possible you have hard drive configured as a slave instead of > > master which could cause boot up problems. Make sure: > > - your BIOS is configured correctly (auto), > > - that the battery for BIOS data is good to keep the config between > > power cycles, > > - that cable connectors are inserted properly in correct IDE port and no > > pins are bent, > > - check power supply (voltage) > > - say a prayer > > - whatever else I forgot > > > > Forget about floppies. They should die 10 years ago since the industry > > failed to accept 120MB and 256MB upgraded ones. > > > >> computer will not work and I spend hours wrestling with the computer > >> instead of doing whatever it was I wanted to do with the computer. This > >> is where I need tech support.) > > > > I can only support in SF Bay Area unless you buy me a ticket to fly "out > > there" :-) I think it would be less expensive to buy a new drive and > > MOBO if that's a problem. > > > > Note that some new motherboards come with bad caps. Caps let the smoke > > out in a year or two and the PC behaves weird, keeps rebooting. Bad caps > > are easy to detect, they are not flat on top. Unfortunately you can't > > tell that before they go bad. > > > > Jim, your email needs to wrap at about 75 characters so that we can > > comment your messages appropriately. > > > > Not sure what this has to do with the subject line in the first place. > > Folks, it's very difficult to search for subject in messages when the > > subject line and thread number have nothing to do with it. Don't simply > > hit a reply to some message and then change everything to start a new > > subject. > > > > Good luck, > > -- > > Rafael > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. 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