[SWLUG] boot-up screen

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If the live-CD works fine then my first suspicion would be BIOS 
configuration for antivirus protection - ie the BIOS is preventing the 
new OS from setting Grub or lilo on the disk and so preventing you from 
booting at all.

Different BIOS config systems have different settings that affect such 
things (Phoenix, Award, Ami, HP, IBM, etc.). Have a scout around. 
Usually the default doesn't enable such boot block protections so if you 
can't find anything you could try resetting the BIOS before running the 
install.

Are you saying that you've been through the install without issue and 
only on reboot does it fail? Can you check with the live-CD and see if 
the linux filesystem (and files) is present on the disk - this would 
confirm something along the lines of what I'm suggesting.

Cheers

pbhj

Hen Glowr wrote:
> I have been having a problem with my spare computer for sometime now. 
> I have installed a new hard-drive, checked and re-checked that all 
> connections are secure i have failed at every attempt to install a 
> Linux OS onto the hard-drive, although i can run a "Live CD".
>
> So in an attempt to resolve this problem i entered the BIOS and enabled
> "Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen", option. Now when i boot up the computer 
> a lot of new data appears on the screen but it is so fast that it is 
> imposible for me to read it. So does anyone know of a way that will 
> enable me to read all the data on the boot-up screen and maybe help me 
> get the computer up and running once again. Thanks all. Colin
>
>
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