[SWLUG] boot-up screen

[Dick Bain]

2009/8/1 Hen Glowr <henglowr at yahoo.co.uk>:
> 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

When you run a LiveCD can you post the result of "fdisk -l" from a
terminal, or have you tried running gparted to make sure the drive is
being recognised
Dick


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