Heeter
Overclocked Like A Mother
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- 8 Jul 2002
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Hi Guys,
I finally found a machine for me to dedicate to Linux. It is an old Dell PII266, 32 megs of ram, 3.5 HDD.
I Installed my Linux last night, twice, using both the floppy and then the CD takes over. Once the install is complete, I remove the floppy and CD and reboot, The machine will not boot into Linux. It stays in POST. After a minute or so in POST, it asks me if "F1 to retry boot or F2 to system setup." I tried reinstalling Linux again, Starting with the floppy again and the CD takes over. This time. when Linux asked me where on the HD I want to install it, I saw listed there, the OS and the swap file as installed. I reinstalled anyway. Again I got the same message when the installation was complete. Could it be a setting in my BIOS? I am wondering if it is a BIOS setting. I can get into the BIOS and change first boot devices and such on this dell.
Heeter
I finally found a machine for me to dedicate to Linux. It is an old Dell PII266, 32 megs of ram, 3.5 HDD.
I Installed my Linux last night, twice, using both the floppy and then the CD takes over. Once the install is complete, I remove the floppy and CD and reboot, The machine will not boot into Linux. It stays in POST. After a minute or so in POST, it asks me if "F1 to retry boot or F2 to system setup." I tried reinstalling Linux again, Starting with the floppy again and the CD takes over. This time. when Linux asked me where on the HD I want to install it, I saw listed there, the OS and the swap file as installed. I reinstalled anyway. Again I got the same message when the installation was complete. Could it be a setting in my BIOS? I am wondering if it is a BIOS setting. I can get into the BIOS and change first boot devices and such on this dell.
Heeter