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Yes I have set the first boot disk as Sata then IDE On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 15:43 +0100, Steve wrote: > Hi > > Have you tried altering the bios setup to read both sata & pata disks and > not just sata which its set to by default. It slows the system to the > slowest disk. > > > Steve Reynolds > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of kevin > Sent: 06 July 2009 15:18 > To: LUGList > Subject: [LUG] DMI Error dual boot > > HI all, > > I am having trouble with a Foxconn board athlon 64 bios with Dual > boot Linux and Xp. > > I have a Sata disk with Xp on and an IDE with Fedora 11 on > > If I remove either of the Disks the system boots up fine. > With both disks in the system does > "Varifying DMI data"........ > > and just stops. > > I have got a MBR on each disk (XP user wont use grub), and Linux is > selected from the BIOS boot menu. > > Sometimes it works first boot, sometimes it takes three or four boots to > start up either OS any Ideas? > > > > > Kevin Lucas > Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard > Cornwall > PL14 5LE > 01579363386 > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html