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.
>
Can you boot the EMC CD? If the hard drive has no partitions, it may
take up to 20 minutes for the boot to begin, as the BIOS waits for a
long time to check the partition table of the hard drive. That's why
wiping the hard drive is usually not such a great idea. If you can get
it to boot, then after getting Linux up and running in the "live mode",
you need to open a terminal window and run fdisk like this :
fdisk /dev/hda
(You may have to put "sudo" ahead of that command, I forget what
priveledges you get when running the live mode)
At the prompt, type p <return> and it will show the partition table of
the hard drive. I'm guessing there isn't any.
You can create a partition with :
n
p
1 (one)
and then some returns to take the defaults. Just to make sure I've got
it right, that is "n" for new, "p" for primary, 1 for partition # 1
(this may default as there probably are no partitions). By default it
will make this a Linux partition. After getting back to the prompt, you
have to write ("w") the partition table. You often get an error after
this command. Now, exit fdisk and try :
mkfs /dev/hda1
(you may again need the sudo first)
I think you can just just let the rest of the settings for mkfs default.
Having a partition table and a formatted primary partition will probably
make it easier to boot, but you may just not have been waiting long
enough with the blank disk. (I see this all the time when starting with
a fresh drive.)
Jon
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. Register today.
Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p
_______________________________________________
Emc-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
