[Wolves] Debian install gone horribly wrong :(

[Kevanf1]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:46:22 +0100 (CET), scared at geneforensic.mine.nu
<scared at geneforensic.mine.nu> wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm looking for a way out of a very deep hole that opened beneath me last
> night.....
> 
> I have just setup a Smoothwall based web-share accross a friends house.
> Everything was fine until I discovered a WinXp Home machine incapable of
> reading the network.  We played with all the variables we could think of
> and eventually I convinced him of how cool Linux is and how given all the
> troubles we may as well dual boot the harddrive with Debian.
> 
> Enter the problems......
> 
> The base system install process completes without mishap, however once the
> CD has been ejected and the machine reboots, it is being reported that no
> boot disk is installed and the system hangs.
> 
> Yes I have checked all connections.
> 
> I presumed this meant the motherboard recognises the MBR as being
> infected, however deactivating the BIOS virus protection has not (as in
> similar past occurances with other hardware) alleviated the situation.
> Neither has using WinXp install to reformat the entire drive in NTFS and
> then reinstalling windows only.
> 
> Can anybody please suggest a nice way to test this  hardware and ideally
> get it off my hands before i go truly insane???
> 
> Thanks very much, leo
> 
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Have you tried a boot floppy to get it started?  It might allow you to
do some diagnostics that way.

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