Re: [OT] hardware failure
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:11:48PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Sun, 16 Feb 2003 01:28:18PM -0500, sean finney insinuated:
> > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 12:47:25PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > > My computer has been on a downward spiral for a while now[1], but
> > > i've been too busy to deal with it. Now it won't even go into
> > > single-user mode. It just hangs at the boot prompt. Says,
> > > "Loading linux ...." and then prints anywhere from one to ten .'s
> > > before hanging.
> > >
> > > It's not the hard drive -- I replaced it and did a clean install.
> > >
> > > It's not the memory -- I have new 256M in there.
> > >
> > > The motherboard?? I'm clueless.
> >
> > given that you've basically replaced everything else, i would guess
> > that it is something on your motherboard.
>
> blech.
>
> > if i were forced to be more specific, i'd guess your ide controller.
>
> what's that?
It's the chip that talks to your IDE disk drives.
> > if your cd drive is on a different ide chain, can you boot from
> > that?
>
> is an IDE chain the big cable of plugs that i plug my drives into?
Yes, basically; that and the motherboard socket it plugs into.
> would a differenc IDE chain be a different cable?
A different cable, plugged into the other socket on the motherboard.
Pigeon
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