On Wednesday 11 September 2002 06:37 pm, you wrote: > et wrote on Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 06:37:58AM -0400 : > > hey Todd, can you explain why in my dual boot (winME+MDK8.2, currently) > > dual CPU (1gig P3 each, 512 ram) when ever I attempt to "reboot" from the > > "normal" manners (ie.;"k"menu, logout, reboot) causes a "floppy drive > > failure" on the bios startup, but if I reboot by turning off the power > > supply, or reboot from windows I have no such problem. > > Is this a Dell by any chance? nope, home spun,,,
Turn of acpi support with "noacpi" as an > append parameter. ok, in truth I hardly reboot often enough for it to be a problem. Also, if you are running the default 8.2 kernel > (2.4.18-6mdk), try using the updated kernel that came out a few months > back. If you ARE using the updated kernel, try using the original one. > See if you can isolate it to a cause more specific than "8.2 does it." you know you are right, I just reinstalled 8.2 stock, and haven't even gotten around to updating almost anything > If you're comfortable with manipulating the kernel (and you should be if > you're on this list), then try a cooker kernel. Chances are that you > will see something different. The only problem is that it will require > you to also upgrade a few system related packages and initscripts. If > you are uncomfortable playing around at this level with your OS, please > do not try it. You can screw up your system such that it would take a > bit of work to get it even bootable again. Only do this if you are > comfortable and capable of repairing it should it not boot. > > Blue skies... Todd
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