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re-install xp problems?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

Ok, I have an hp pavillion dv1000 and I was running Ubuntu (for a C programming class I was taking). Afterwards I wanted to switch back to Windows XP Pro. I used DBAN to wipe the drive clean. Afterwards I booted from the cd drive with the xp disc. Everything loaded and then when it said to press enter to continue with the installation, I got an error saying “setup did not find any hard disk installed”. I don’t understand this, when I run a Linux live cd I can view and access the hard drive, but the XP disc can’t find it. I’m planning on updating to Vista in the next few days anyways but I wanted to know what’s going on….and btw does anybody know if the same problem exists with Vista?

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Help with Knoppix 2.6 linux live?

Posted on July 30, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I made the disk using a blank DVD and now when i put it in my PC it will not work it still trys to go to windows. I changed the boot order to the CD drive please help me
it is a ISO file
ps i dont have a hard drive in the PC that i am trying to run this on but to run a live edition of linux you dont need a hard drive

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My old computer won’t boot from a dvd drive?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I just installed a dvd drive from 2005 into my 2002 computer. The old drive was dead and I am trying to install linux. Problem is when I try to boot from the live cd the computer skips straight to xp and I have checked and made sure boot from cd is the first option. I think because it is an older computer the bios can’t boot from the dvd drive. The bios says something about booting from atapi cd drive. Also I don’t think there is a bios update available. Any help is appreciated. (the computer is an emachines t1090)
But there is no bios update here: http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=T%20Series&model=T1090

And I forgot to mention that the dvd drive reads and works perfectly from within xp, it just won’t boot into a live linux cd.

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Is it possible to eject a Live CD Linux disc to be able to use the CD drive while running the Live CD?

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

Is it possible to eject a Live CD Linux disc to be able to use the CD drive while running the Live CD?

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All right Linux (Ubuntu) masters, can you help me start up? I’m having some major problems.?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

All right, here’s my situation. I have an Asus Eee PC which does not have a CD drive, so I used an Ubuntu live CD on a different computer, and then installed live onto the flash drive. My computer starts to boot from the flash drive. I can choose my language, and I can choose if I want to try Ubuntu, install it, check for defects, etc. For those 3, I end up with the same error, and the screen looks like this:

Loading, please wait. . .

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1 : 1. 10.2-1ubuntu6) built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) [ 70.576083] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 75.604078] ata1: SRST failed (erno=-16)
[ 75.604134] ata1: reset failed, giving up
[ 75.764186] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 75.776205] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through

… I’m not very good with computers and all of the things when I search for this online involve people talking about putting in code and such… I have no idea where to put such code, lol.
The other computer that I have access to can not boot from a USB drive, so I can’t test that… D:

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