From: Brian Dunnette <brian@nadasutra.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: LILO error: "ran out of input data"? Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 01:33:30 -0500 > Sounds like the box is bad, I'd guess that the memory is the problem. Funny thing is, I've tried using different memory (a newer DIMM, and some old SIMMs) and get the same error regardless. Is there some weird BIOS setting I'm missing (it's an FIC VA-503+, if that helps), or is it just hosed? Thanks, Brian Dunnette -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.orgwith a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Humm. I have a few of those fic mobos too. If the memory itself is good, there still could be be a chip or something on the motherboard is causing memory problems. You might try memcheck x86, I don't have a link for it here. It boots off of a floppy and burns through the memory running a series of write, read and compares with different bit patterns.
See if anything else runs correctly on the machine, run through a windows install if you have one of their cds or you could try a NIC's diagnostic diskette.... just something to show whether it happens only under debian/linux or not.
You could try another hd and/or cable, does the problems begin more or less right away or only after its copied a lot of stuff to the hd, or starts reading from the disk?
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